MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-14 Thread Ian Wadham
Hi MacPorts guys, especially KDE port developers, Over at the main KDE developers' mailing list, kde-devel@kde.org I have been inadvertently stirring things up re the status of KDE ports on Apple OS X. It started with one of the KDE Promotion guys asking us to suggest things that need volunteers

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-15 Thread Frank Reininghaus
Hi Ian, 2014-03-15 7:10 GMT+01:00 Ian Wadham: [...] > And I said it would be nice to have some regular testing > of Apple and Windows implementations of KDE. > > Well ... the response was quite antagonistic at first, but > I am old and thick-skinned and I stood my ground ... :-) [...] > First I wo

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-15 Thread René JV Bertin
Not exactly a KDE developer, but having spent quite some time getting KDE on my MBP, including the Calligra suite, I cannot but agree with Ian. The KDE apps that work do so looking great on OS X, it be nice to improve matters. Things that occur to me include menubar integration, the correct pref

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-15 Thread Thomas Lübking
On Samstag, 15. März 2014 12:07:46 CEST, René JV Bertin wrote: and who knows maybe even support KWin for those of us using X11 apps ... What's your concern here? X11 on OSX should be provided by XQuartz which should provide native OSX titlebars (and integration into the OSX WM) I do not see h

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-15 Thread mk-lists
On 15 Mar 2014, at 13:35 , Thomas Lübking wrote: > On Samstag, 15. März 2014 12:07:46 CEST, René JV Bertin wrote: >> and who knows maybe even support KWin for those of us using X11 apps ... > What's your concern here? > X11 on OSX should be provided by XQuartz which should provide native OSX > ti

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-15 Thread Thomas Lübking
On Samstag, 15. März 2014 14:35:15 CEST, mk-li...@email.de wrote: On 15 Mar 2014, at 13:35 , Thomas Lübking wrote: On Samstag, 15. März 2014 12:07:46 CEST, René JV Bertin wrote: and who knows maybe even support KWin for those of us using X11 apps ... What's your concern here? X11 on OSX shoul

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-15 Thread mk-lists
Hi folks, although it’s not KDE, but “only” pure Qt, still I thought it is worth mentioning: Thanks to support by its developer I was able to bring AT-Transfers [1] seamlessly via MacPorts to MacOSX [2] with only a few tweaks to make the Qt-Creator project build no problem. Th

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-17 Thread Ian Wadham
Hello Frank, First of all, I have some good news. I upgraded all the software I install from MacPorts, including KDE software. I was going from 4.10.1 to 4.12.2, the latest KDE software available on MacPorts. You will be pleased to hear that Dolphin now works fine in my Apple MacBook and also i

Re: MacPorts: Running KDE ports on Apple OS X

2014-03-17 Thread Frank Reininghaus
Hi, 2014-03-17 14:07 GMT+01:00 Ian Wadham: > Hello Frank, > > First of all, I have some good news. I upgraded all the software > I install from MacPorts, including KDE software. I was going from > 4.10.1 to 4.12.2, the latest KDE software available on MacPorts. > > You will be pleased to hear th