[Hamlib-developer] MAC OS X port

[Jim W. <jwe...@nc...>]

Hi:

I have been searching for a good project to get me started programming 
on this beastie,
something to go with the ham hobby.   And hamlib looks like it will have 
a lot of potential
for some really useful software for the Mac ham community.

My first thought was to get it to build, but I ran immediately into a 
curious gotcha:
Apple has used an old version of FreeBSD as a base, so signal.h is 
pre-Posix.

I'm going to get with some of my Unix mentors and see if we can get 
around this
issue, unless someone here can provide a Q&D solution.

Once we get past this point, with any luck, I'll get some libraries 
built and be able
to verify the functionality.  I'm currently not sure about the serial 
interface for OS X,
and that's a bridge I'll just have to burn when I get to it.

Finally, the idea is to use rigclass.cpp as a model for creating similar 
objects
callable (messageable?) from Objective C.   Then the real fun can begin: 
making
a gui for a rig (my TS-450) or two.

Comments and suggestions on any of this would be welcome.

73, de N4RSE.

jim.