Re: Building wxt terminal for OS X

[Joe K. <jko...@co...>]

on 10/23/06 2:23 PM, Timoth=E9e Lecomte at tim...@en... wrote:

> Joe Koski a =E9crit :
>> on 10/20/06 3:53 PM, Timoth=E9e Lecomte at tim...@en... wrote:
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>>>> First, from a Mac user's perspective, wxt uses an entire boat load of
>>>> dependencies that are not normally seen on the Mac. To build wxt, I ha=
d to
>>>> install (and sometimes in a specific order) wxMac, atk, pkg-config, gl=
ib,
>>>> gettext, freetype, fontconfig, pango, cairo, and gtk+.
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>>> gtk+ is absolutely not necessary when you use wxMac (it is if you use
>>> wxGTK, though gnuplot does not absolutely depend on it - only for soem
>>> tweaks). atk is a gtk+ dependency, so it's not needed either. freetype
>>> isn't supposed to be needed, since cairo is capable of using native Mac
>>> fonts system (so-called "atsui" system). Fontconfig is only necessary
>>> for the cairo freetype backend, so you don't need it either.
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>> Timoth=E9e,
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>> I went back and removed fontconfig, freetype, pango, and atk. I got
>> cairo-1.2.4 to build and install successfully with
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>>   ./configure --enable-atsui --enable-quartz --enable-freetype=3Dno
>> --enable-xlib=3Dno
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>> Question: Do I need xlib for wxt on a Mac?
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> No, you don't.
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>> I then went back and rebuilt and reinstalled wxMac-2.6.3 in case it was
>> dependent on cairo for headers, libraries, etc.
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>> Then I attempted a rebuild of gnuplot-4.2.rc1. The ./configure is still
>> looking for pango:
>> <snip>
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>> As a result, no wxt terminal was built. Is there a way to not use pango =
and
>> still build a wxt terminal?
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> No, there isn't. Pango is needed, it's a direct dependency for the wxt
> terminal. However you can build it without freetype and without fontconfi=
g.
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> Thanks again for your efforts.
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> Best regards,
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> Timoth=E9e

Timoth=E9e, Per,

We're now back to the focus issue in with the wxt terminal, but more on tha=
t
later.

To summarize my progress so far:

I now have installed on my Mac: cairo, pango, gettext, wxMac, and pkg-confi=
g
above and beyond the usual Xcode-2.4 tools. Are any of these unnecessary fo=
r
building wxt on the Mac?

To build cairo, I did

 ./configure --enable-atsui --enable-quartz --enable-freetype=3Dno
--enable-xlib=3Dno

After two minor corrections to the pango build (thanks to Behdad on the
gtk-i18n Mail List), I built pango with

  ./configure --with-x=3Dno

Then I went back and rebuilt gnuplot-4.2.rc1, including wxt, with the new
pango and cairo. The wxt plot window again appears with gnuplot, but I stil=
l
can't get focus inside the plot window. I do see Mac fonts, however. The
cursor behavior has changed. When the plot appears, my arrow cursor changes
to crosshairs similar to X11, which is a step forward. When I place the
crosshairs over the plot window, the cursor changes to a spinning color
pinwheel. If I click back to the finder, I get my arrow cursor back.

I'm with Per. I'm surprised that the wxWidget folks don't have a way of
getting focus without bundling. Should I post the question there?

All suggestions are welcome.

Joe
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