Re: [Bitpim-devel] Build

[Roger B. <ro...@ro...>]

Steven Palm wrote:
>   The user has no way to call this. A "bundle" is a self-contained
> object to the MacOS Finder (although it's just a directory). In the
> bundle is a file "Info.plist" that tells the Finder what to launch when
> the bundle is "launched". There is no way to have two items in the
> bundle that would get launched.

That is bizarre.  What happens when you have a suite like Office,
OpenOffice or Mozilla where there are multiple executables?

>   If we are foregoing the need for a "clickable" launcher, then I can
> come up with some instructions on how to do it for the end-user through
> the command line. 

For this release go with simplicity.  BitFling is still somewhat rough
and the likely usage scenario is a developer running BitPim getting
someone with a particular phone running BitFling and walking them
through talking to each other.

>   Getting a "clickable" bundle in the MacOS X Finder is a real PITA. :-)

Apparently.  It could be worse.  You could have Windows' Program
menu where apps install two things in a group.  One runs the application
and the other uninstalls it.  Given how often the latter is actually
used, and the consequences of clicking on it by accident, I have
yet to see the point.

I am just trying to fix one more minor issue and then everything should
be read for the build.  (The tickbox for {en,dis}abling BitFling isn't
having much effect).

Roger