[Vala] Vala on Windows/Mac OS
I would like to know the status of Vala in other operating systems (besides Linux). How well does it work? What about its bindings (Gtk, for example)? Thanks. I'm writing an article on Vala for a magazine, and I need to know if I can reference its cross-platformness as a plus. ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
Re: [Vala] Vala on Windows/Mac OS
Good new Jim, Let me know if there is any way I can help you with that. b On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jim Peters j...@uazu.net wrote: Brian Duffy wrote: If you really want to know if Vala can work effectively on Windows then you better try installing Vala (and Gtk) on windows and give it a whirl. It might be easier to look for apps written in Vala with well-supported builds for Windows. For example there is a list of apps at the bottom of the page here to start with: http://live.gnome.org/Vala/Documentation For example ShotWell doesn't support Windows now, but according to this message, it used to support it but it was dropped for lack of interest (search down for Windows): http://blog.yorba.org/lucas/2011/01/shotwell-081-released.html Also, writing the base tools of a language (compiler/etc) can be the work of one or two people, but writing a good IDE is usually much more work and requires a team. I'm hacking with Eclipse JDT right now, and seeing the Eclipse source code I realise that the investment that went into that was incredible -- just so you can have quick fixes and easy refactoring. They attempted the impossible and achieved it, and now everyone takes it for granted. (My interest right now is writing an editor that works off the AST not the source code. This means that I could have the editor show any syntax I like, and still reformat it back to conventional syntax for saving (and with some further tweaking, minimise the diff). Java is a good start because Eclipse have already done a lot of the work for me, and because I'm going to have to be coding in Java soon for a contract anyway. One day I wonder whether it would be possible to specify a language that is saved as an AST dump, and which displays to each user according to their syntax preferences, e.g. Python-like for one person, C-braces for another, functional style for another. This would also make it easier for refactoring tools. Worth experimenting with.) Jim -- Jim Peters (_)/=\~/_(_) j...@uazu.net (_) /=\ ~/_ (_) Uazú (_)/=\~/_(_)http:// in Peru(_) /=\ ~/_ (_)uazu.net -- Duff ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
Re: [Vala] vala on a mac
wow. This is also very helpful. Thanks for this. Do you happen to know if GTK3 will be maintained on OSX? Are the bugs you mention ones that can be squashed? It would be great to eventually put together a workflow that is completely cross-compilable using vala. -august. On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:29 PM, august aug...@alien.mur.at wrote: Thanks for this. There's some good info in there. I'm sure there will be some differences with GTK+3, but this gives me a great place to starts. fyi GTK 3 is still pretty buggy on OS X, with rendering bugs, crashes etc, but it does work somewhat, and each new bug opened in bugzilla is a win for all of us who are determined to stick with GTK for UI on OS X as well :) For integrating with the menu, dock etc, and also .app packaging, you can find some stuff over here: https://github.com/jralls -- Daniel Svensson -- http://aug.ment.org GPG: 0A8D 2BC7 243D 57D0 469D 9736 C557 458F 003E 6952 ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
Re: [Vala] vala on a mac
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:29 PM, august aug...@alien.mur.at wrote: Thanks for this. There's some good info in there. I'm sure there will be some differences with GTK+3, but this gives me a great place to starts. fyi GTK 3 is still pretty buggy on OS X, with rendering bugs, crashes etc, but it does work somewhat, and each new bug opened in bugzilla is a win for all of us who are determined to stick with GTK for UI on OS X as well :) For integrating with the menu, dock etc, and also .app packaging, you can find some stuff over here: https://github.com/jralls -- Daniel Svensson ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
Re: [Vala] vala on a mac
Thanks for this. There's some good info in there. I'm sure there will be some differences with GTK+3, but this gives me a great place to starts. Thanks -august. Yup. And I wrote this: http://radare.org/cgi-bin/wk/GTK On 01/09/2011, at 18:20, august aug...@alien.mur.at wrote: Hi, I'm looking to port some software from linux to a mac and eventually to windows. Is anyone using vala on a mac to make deployable software? If so, how do you create and package binaries? Do you include glib and gtk+ inside of the app bundle? If so, how? If not, what other methods would you recommend for distributing or using shared libraries? Any other cross-compile and cross-distribution methods you use? thanks for any tips -august. -- http://aug.ment.org GPG: 0A8D 2BC7 243D 57D0 469D 9736 C557 458F 003E 6952 ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list -- http://aug.ment.org GPG: 0A8D 2BC7 243D 57D0 469D 9736 C557 458F 003E 6952 ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
[Vala] vala on a mac
Hi, I'm looking to port some software from linux to a mac and eventually to windows. Is anyone using vala on a mac to make deployable software? If so, how do you create and package binaries? Do you include glib and gtk+ inside of the app bundle? If so, how? If not, what other methods would you recommend for distributing or using shared libraries? Any other cross-compile and cross-distribution methods you use? thanks for any tips -august. -- http://aug.ment.org GPG: 0A8D 2BC7 243D 57D0 469D 9736 C557 458F 003E 6952 ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
Re: [Vala] vala on a mac
Yup. And I wrote this: http://radare.org/cgi-bin/wk/GTK On 01/09/2011, at 18:20, august aug...@alien.mur.at wrote: Hi, I'm looking to port some software from linux to a mac and eventually to windows. Is anyone using vala on a mac to make deployable software? If so, how do you create and package binaries? Do you include glib and gtk+ inside of the app bundle? If so, how? If not, what other methods would you recommend for distributing or using shared libraries? Any other cross-compile and cross-distribution methods you use? thanks for any tips -august. -- http://aug.ment.org GPG: 0A8D 2BC7 243D 57D0 469D 9736 C557 458F 003E 6952 ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
