Re: [patch] Updating info to build Abi Word on Mac OS X

From: Martin Sevior <msevior_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 2011 - 06:25:06 CET

Hi Hub and everyone,

Just today I saw a patch submitted to the pango list that uses the
coregraphics API instead. Would this improve things for us?

Cheers

Martin

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Hubert Figuiere <hfiguiere@teaser.fr> wrote:
>
> On 11-03-19 1:18 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
>>>
>>> Ohhh Xun, you're right!
>>> >  My fault! I'll fix it and then send again (but not in this wekeend).
>>
>> Xun, looking here, libxslt is dependency from gtk2.
>> What you think better, compile gtk2 wiping flags or just nevermind
>> about libxslt?
>> (Okay, I'm a vicious ... and I can't comply with "but not in this weeked).
>>
>
> Gtk2 has NEVER been a dependency for AbiWord on MacOS X. Pango and Cairo,
> yes, and only since June 2009 (I think it was 2.7.x). Not sure this was a
> good idea for several reasons, including the fact that Pango-Cairo still
> relies on deprecated MacOS APIs.
>
> There is some imperfect documentation to build on Mac:
>
> http://www.abisource.com/wiki/Compiling_AbiWord_on_Mac
> http://www.abisource.com/wiki/AbiMacSDK
>
> It is not perfect but it can be a good starter point.
>
> Note that using the "AbiMacSDK" is a hack, and still don't lead to a
> self-contained application bundle.
>
> Have fun
>
> Hub
>
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