For the Mac, you might have to use mkbndl or one of the other native package builders for the Mac.
-- Don duane.johnson: > So here's the thing.... to get it to run on Mac OS X, I have to build a > "SilkwormGame.app" directory, with a "Resources" directory inside, along > with a lot of other rubbish, just so that GLFW can create a Mac OS window > that accepts mouse and keyboard input. This is the purpose of the > Makefile--it uses a script borrowed from wxWindows to assemble all the > parts. > > Obviously, this rigamarole is not necessary in Unix. But am I correct > in assuming that there is no facility in Cabal that prepares a Mac OS > "app" in this way? Any suggestions so that a cabal install will work > for both Unix and Mac users? > > Here is what I get (using Don's Silkworm.cabal): > >> ~/Documents/Duane/BYU Semesters/2009-Winter/Graphics/Silkworm(master) $ >> cabal install >> Resolving dependencies... >> Configuring Silkworm-0.2... >> Preprocessing executables for Silkworm-0.2... >> Building Silkworm-0.2... >> [ 1 of 16] Compiling Silkworm.Action ( Silkworm/Action.hs, dist/ >> build/SilkwormGame/SilkwormGame-tmp/Silkworm/Action.o ) >> ... <snip>... >> [16 of 16] Compiling Main ( main.hs, dist/build/ >> SilkwormGame/SilkwormGame-tmp/Main.o ) >> Linking dist/build/SilkwormGame/SilkwormGame ... >> Installing executable(s) in /Users/duane/.cabal/bin >> >> ~/Silkworm(master) $ SilkwormGame >> Working in unbundled mode. You should build a .app wrapper for your >> Mac OS X applications. >> SilkwormGame: ~/Silkworm/background.png: openBinaryFile: does not >> exist (No such file or directory) > > Putting the binary files in the place it expects produces the same > "working in unbundled mode" along with a window that will not capture > ANY input from the mouse or keyboard. In fact, it won't even rise to > the top of the window stack--it remains behind the terminal window. > > Thanks for you help, > -- Duane > > On May 2, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Don Stewart wrote: > >> Yes, it is quite fun. >> >> I think it should be using cabal's datadir from Paths_silkworm.hs to >> install (and find) the resources. >> >> Yell if you can't figure out how to do that. (xmonad has an example) >> >> -- Don > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe