Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] MacOSX Bundle

[Phil Martin <Phil@xxxxxxxx>]

On 21 Mar 2006, at 15:45, Alex Bligh wrote:

> Phil Martin wrote:
> > I have created a prototype bundle for XaraLX on Mac OS X. (A Mac  
> > OS X bundle is analogous to a RISC OS !Application folder, for  
> > those who go back that far.)
> > I propose to check it into SVN (without the executable, of course)  
> > in the root of the XaraLX project, i.e. alongside Kernel, wxOil.  
> > Does that sound OK or would it be better inside a platform  
> > specific support folder?
>
> So excuse the dumb question, but what exactly /is/ a bundle. If it's
> one of those "directory that can be treated as a file" thingies the
> Mac supports, subversion isn't going to see it as anything except
> a file or a directory, so it probably won't satisfy your requirement.
>
> What should really be happening is that the Makefile should /create/
> a bundle, and put the target app in it (say under a target called
> "make bundle" if it's hard to modify the main target). If there
> is some command-line way to do this, it will be easy enough
> to put it in the makefile.
>
> I agree though that if your fix works (try it, delete the bundle,
> and see if "svn up" recreates it) it would be a good bodge for now.
> But won't you at least need "make" to copy the target app into
> the bundle (or am I missing something?).
>
> Alex

It's a folder structure containing a number of files, such as the  
exe, the icon, resources, and most importantly an XML file that  
describes the application in detail to Mac OS.

I see what you're saying about empty folders in SVN. That could be a  
problem. I'll find out...

The makefile definitely should have a target to create a working  
bundle. That may involve some folder creation but some of the bundle  
files need to be stored in SVN where anyone can modify them and the  
makefile can copy them. So I think we need to store an empty template  
bundle anyway.

Phil