[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: swt on Mac/Intel

[Daniel Pasco <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, it works.  I'm honestly stunned at how easy it was to set up, 
once I had everything together.

I downloaded swt-3.1-carbon-macosx-ppc.zip from 
http://eclipse.org/downloads/index.php (it's almost all the way down at 
the bottom of the page) to our x86-based Mac.  I then did the following:

mkdir swt
cp swt-3.1-carbon-macosx-ppc.zip swt
unzip swt-3.1-carbon-macosx-ppc.zip
unzip src.zip
chmod +x ./build.sh
./build.sh

Everything compiled without a hitch.

This produced new copies of libswt-carbon-3138.jnilib, 
libswt-pi-carbon-3138.jnilib, and libswt-webkit-carbon-3138.jnilib.  A 
bit shocked, I ran

"file libswt-carbon-3138.jnilib"

and got back

"libswt-carbon-3138.jnilib: Mach-O bundle i386"

Then I downloaded eclipse-SDK-3.1-macosx-carbon.tar.gz from the same 
site as above to the Intel based mac and unzipped everything and copied 
the eclipse folder to /Applications.

I tried starting the IDE without doing anything to the setup first, 
just to be pendantic.  It failed to start.

I then copied the new libswt-carbon-3138.jnilib, 
libswt-pi-carbon-3138.jnilib, and libswt-webkit-carbon-3138.jnilib 
libraries into 
/Applications/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/63/1/.cp.

Once this was done, I tried running the IDE.  This time it came up 
without a hitch!

The only thing that hasn't worked so far is the password dialog box for 
CVS.  I wasn't able to entry my password (it looked like the text 
control wasn't getting focus, for some reason).  Once I ran ssh-keygen 
and copied my public key out to our CVS box I was able to use the new 
Eclipse install to check out, edit, and build or code without issue.

VERY NICE.

-Daniel

On 2005-07-10 15:03:13 -0700, Bob Foster <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> said:

Guy from Apple told me at last EclipseCon they were looking to hire 
someone to do a cocoa port. I just sent him an email ping on the 
subject. I don't know either, but it would be wasted effort to start on 
it if Apple plans to do it. Besides, there were problems the last time 
a cocoa port was tried (by the person who did the original carbon port) 
that maybe can only be resolved by Apple.
> Bob
>
> Daniel Pasco wrote:
> I have no earthly idea if Apple is working on it.
> > On 2005-07-10 12:57:33 -0700, Bob Foster <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >
> > Is there anything to do except recompiling and testing?
> > > The carbon port, not the cocoa port, of course; that's a bfd. Are you 
> > > sure Apple isn't working on the latter?
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > Daniel Pasco wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > >  I'm interested in doing this port, or at least using it if nothing 
> > > > else.  Is anyone else interested in collaborating on it?
> > > >
> > > > -Daniel
> > > > On 2005-06-08 03:14:49 -0700, Nicolas YOUNA <nyouna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > > >
> > > > hello,
> > > > > because swt for mac is developped on carbon and since apple decided to 
> > > > > migrate to Intel processors, i am wondering if swt will be recompiled 
> > > > > for Intel processors or ported to cocoa framework?
> > > > >
> > > > > PPC -> Intel for cocoa applications or frameworks are quasi imediate
> > > > > PPC -> Intel for carbon applications or frameworks are much longer...