Re: [Lprof-devel] CVS changes affect Mac version

[Mark <de...@ci...>]

OK about the latest Lprof: I cleaned all Lprof folders/settings of my =20=

knowledge:
	~/.lprof
	~/Library/Application Support/lprof
  	lprof.plist files under ~/Library/ Preferences

Now running it:

0) the info.plist file is now again under lprof.app instead of =20
lprof.app/Contents (thus it is not used and well, the lprof icon does =20=

not apper correctly)
1) complains about QAssistant not found (old news - more on that below)
2) says no reference file is installed - which is correct
3) when I try to install a ref. file, the dialog box for selecting =20
the file appears but it is not possible to select any file (they all =20
appear grayed and cannot be clicked).

Here's the console log until this point.

templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 7
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 6
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 6
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 5
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 5
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 4
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 4
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 3
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 3
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 2
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 2
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 1
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 1
templateFileCopied()
copyNumTempFile =3D 0
lprofMain: init_env()
    Apple section
     lprofBaseDir =3D /Library/Application Support/lprof
     mon_profile =3D  /Library/ColorSync/Profiles
     in_profile =3D /Library/ColorSync/Profiles
     outprofile =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
    ConfigFile =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/Application Support/lprof/=20
config/lprof.cfg
    measurement_dir =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/Application Support/=20
lprof/measurements
    measfile =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/Application Support/lprof/temp/=20=

meaurement.cgt
    templates =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/Application Support/lprof/=20
templates
    WorkTempFileName =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/Application Support/=20
lprof/temp/$$q60$$.$$$
    ref_dir =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/Application Support/lprof/=20
target_refs
    temp_dir =3D /Users/maolimu/Library/Application Support/lprof/temp
lprofMain: init_env() done
Something wrong with call to coms -> get_paths(coms)
PATH =3D /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
execpath first time (QTDIR) =3D /bin
execpath + / + assist =3D /bin/assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant
execpath parsed from path =3D /usr/bin
execpath + / + assist =3D =
/usr/bin/assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant
execpath parsed from path =3D /bin
execpath + / + assist =3D /bin/assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant
execpath parsed from path =3D /usr/sbin
execpath + / + assist =3D =
/usr/sbin/assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant
execpath parsed from path =3D /sbin
execpath + / + assist =3D /sbin/assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant
InstallRefFileBase::slotTemplateChanged(): Not implemented yet
InstallRefFileBase::slotTemplateChanged(): Not implemented yet
InstallRefFileBase::slotTemplateChanged(): Not implemented yet

To get past this point I restored the trashed preferences =20
(lprof.plist) and edited them a bit. Now I have a reference file =20
installed.

4) under Camera/Scanner profile all seems ok (as on the last versions)
5) under Monitor Profiler, Build a coarse profile... when I enter the =20=

values and click Create Profile I get the following error message:
=EF=BF=BC

The first part of the message is clear. The problem is the path. I =20
looked into the ...lprof/temp folder and I see there's a =20
meaurement.cgt file in there (note, the file IS misspelled, it is not =20=

a typo from me). Well, besides being misspelled it seem like the file =20=

should actually be named moncalibration.cgt. The second part of the =20
message is a mystery to me...

Hitting OK crashes Lprof:

lprof(3156,0xa000d000) malloc: ***  Deallocation of a pointer not =20
malloced: 0xa2dffc48; This could be a double free(), or free() called =20=

with the middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment =20
variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug

6) the spider is still not found, I haven't tweaked any settings though.

About QT Assistant not being found: looking at the console log I see =20
you are just checking for the assistant on the path provided by the =20
system (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin) now when a Mac user logs in =20
the path is normally expanded through a file called .profile. But, =20
that only affects terminal windows, the new path is not broadcast to =20
applications started over the OS X Dock. Thats why the assistant was =20
not found on my Mac.... I have QT installed on ~/bin and I also have =20
the QTDIR variable set, but only for my terminal windows.

I believe you are not checking the Applications folder, this would =20
also be a good standard location (both gobal /Applications and for =20
the user ~/Applications). Still this does not solve the distribution =20
problem on the Mac platform (my last email).

In any case, I moved the assistant to the /bin folder and now the =20
message does not appear. Still, when Lprof opens if I hit the help =20
button I just see a that an app is about to start on the Dock for =20
say  atenth of a second, then it immediately disappears. The console =20
shows:

execpath first time (QTDIR) =3D /bin
execpath + / + assist =3D /bin/assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/assistant

which is correct - I have no ideas here.

Now, I checked the Lprof.app folder and saw the Help is actually =20
HTML. I propose we forget about the QT Assistant: it is probably good =20=

to use it on a system which already has it (so you can perhaps keep =20
the check) but if it is not found (likelly on most Macs) why not just =20=

open the HTML on the standard browser? I think this makes things =20
simpler, the same could be done for Windows.

Cheers
Mark