And then we will have people asking about compiling on Windows. What will we tell them?
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, dave lilley <[email protected]> wrote: > Right challenge taken *I* will get the manual.txt and edit > it to reflect how you can compile under linux - Mac i don't > have access to so unable to try things out for that. > > Further from my point of view and i raised this issue > originally was HOW do I use shoes2.run I had downloaded from > the shose website. > > I tried in no particular order the following things > checked out docs on that site and found nothing to say > under linux use -- -p > Tried shoes2.run --help to see what switches i could use > in case something was noted > there. > Googled various strings to see if i could gleen some tip > on if it's possible to do. > joined this forum and started asking questions. > tried to search the forum (and how do you do this?) > perhaps a FAQ on shooes.net site to highlight switches > and what they do in a bit more > detail? > > If all the run times that are available for downloading at > shooes.net get update to reflect the new switch options and > on the web page that refers to this is how you comiple you > shoes app is also updated to reflect shoes for linux > compilation use -- -p then *anyone* following should get the > info to help them. > > sources i hope others can get the info needed would then > be... > via running shoes at the terminal with a --help switch > reading the shoes manual > going to the shooes.net website and reading the help > manual > via googling using a search like comiple shoes app on > linux and get the messages > I and others have posted (esp _why's reply that said use > shoes2.run -- -p to compile) > Get this -- -p option into some blogs could help heighten > the switch is available for > linux (yes i know this OS has a small user base). > > from all these possible options then another user *should* > be able to get the info I wanted faster. > > I only downloaded the source because I thought it was the > *only* way to get the functionality I wanted. > If I knew now before I wouldn't have got the source and > compiled from source and I'd be happy to run from a > precompiled program namely "shoes2.run". > > lastly if _why is looking to create deb's then why not ask > for folks on this list to take this task on for _why? > > then we could quickly get gentoo builds, RPM's, Deb's, etc > generated and _why simply asks the maintainers to create a > new build using XYZ source for the the distro's they manage > and shoes perhaps gets put into distribution repositories > like the *buntu's etc. > > dave. > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- >> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM, dave lilley >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > May I please then request some additions to the manual >> > that is pagackaged with shoes? >> > With something like this >> > Packaging shoes <as a main heading> >> > text under heading to read > like..... >> >> I'd suggest adding it to the manual yourself. You'll feel >> better, and we'll all be better off for it. _why is great, >> but he is in fact just one man. The more the rest of us >> can chip in, the better, I figure. Open source and all. >> >> Check out /SHOES_SOURCE/static/manual.txt >> >> It's kind of intense. It will take some time to navigate. >> But it's kind of cool how that one source is used to >> generate the help in multiple forms. Check out >> /SHOES_SOURCE/lib/shoes.rb for how that's done. >> >> > To Package you Shoes > application run shoes >> > with these options >> > For Linux > Shoes2.run -- -p >> > For Windows > Shoes2.exe -p >> > For Macs > Shoes2.dmg -p <or whatever >> > switches are needed> >> >> Well, hold on. You don't execute the .dmg like that. DMGs >> are generally just delivery mechanisms. It's like a drive >> that you mount. Sort of. >> >> Whether built from source or installed "normally", one >> would need to add the directory containing the 'shoes' >> binary(e.g. /path/to/Shoes.app/Contents/MacOS) to their >> path on OS X for anything like what you describe to work. >> Then you just say `shoes -p` except I don't actually think >> that works on Mac. You have to use the GUI. At least, I >> don't see any -p option described when I ask for help. >> >> > this sort of thing *is* sorely missing in documentation >> > be it online or the manual. >> >> -taps foot, waiting- >> >> ;) >> >> -- >> Seth Thomas Rasmussen >> http://greatseth.com > -- ~devyn
