On Jun 21, 2010, at 8:34 AM, kcrisman wrote: >> Okay, I created a simple application (none of the copyright is set for >> example) that does the following: >> >> 1. On launch it runs sage -notebook (which will open the default browser >> etc. (unless there is a server running)) > > This would be if one had it in (say) /Applications and double-clicked > a Sage icon?
Yes. >> 2. It only appears as a menu extra which allows opening notebooks, the log, >> and several shell sessions (am I missing anything -- reveal SAGE_ROOT in >> Finder perhaps?). > > I'm not sure exactly what this means. I see the screenshot... but > does that mean it doesn't appear in the Dock? This seems > counterintuitive to me; for instance, ideally one should be able to > drag and drop a .sws file onto it (eventually, not immediately). It doesn't show up in the dock. That's easy to change though, it's just a little weird since I haven't hooked up any menus etc. To change it, edit SageMenu-Info.plist (e.g. in Xcode under Resources), and change "Application is agent (UIElement)" to be unchecked. > I really like the many options, though, and opening SAGE_ROOT in the > Finder would be quite useful. Okay, I'll add that when I have some time. Any other suggestions? >> 3. On quit it stops the server (should there be an option to quit without >> stopping the server?). > > Probably not at this point. It's supposed to be for those not > interested in the command line, though of course usable by all. That's kind of what I was thinking. >> If you want to try it, I have put it up >> athttp://math.byu.edu/~gvol/files/SageMenu.zip >> and a screen shot athttp://math.byu.edu/~gvol/files/sage-menu-screenshot.png >> >> For testing purposes it creates a symlink in Contents/Resources/ to a local >> sage root directory. In the distributed version I imagine that the sage >> root would reside there (like it does in the app created currently). >> Because of this, if you have problems running, it may be that sage is not in >> your path. If this is the case then you will need to edit Targets > >> SageMenu > Run Script and change the default sage root directory. >> >> Right now I created it completely outside of Sage, but I can of course >> replace the app that is in Sage, or add this in addition. Does anyone >> prefer the application that is currently created? Obviously sage -bdist >> will have to be changed as well, but that shouldn't be hard. > > I will at least test it out... I think that having something that > 'looks' as much like other math software does in Mac (including Mac- > native Grapher) is important. Right now, even if I put the contents > of SageMenu in an app bundle (inside of Contents/Resources) it doesn't > want to start (perhaps not surprisingly, since there isn't a MacOS > directory?). Do the menu items have a different folder structure? Oh sorry, I forgot to mention the very important point that it's only the source. I didn't want to worry about creating a universal binary, 32 vs 64 bit etc. Open the SageMenu.xcodeproj in Xcode and click the Build & Run button. I always forget some "minor detail", sorry. -Ivan -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
