mac os x support

[dduff617]

i didn't see anything here regarding support (or not) for running the client on the mac, so here goes...

i can report that the eclipse plugin worked fine for me on the mac (eclipse 3.2M6). easy to install, just dragged to the plugins folder. no other special setup required.

i also tried running the standalone (linux) client on the mac. it worked with a little tweaking of script. it would be great to create a downloadable pacakge that includes the required os x versions of the swt libraries, wrap a simple mac installer around it, and ship.

what i had to change:

modified the projectcards-gtk.sh script to use java 1.4 (the current standard jvm on the mac platform is 1.5). i'm not sure whether this really mattered.

i downloaded the mac os x version of swt from the eclipse website and modified the projectcards-gtk.sh script to use the swt library from there instead of from ./linux/gtk/swt/swt.jar and also added the swt directory to the java.library.path instead of ./linux/gtk/swt

after that, things worked fine.

i tested on a powerpc mac, i think this should also be doable for intel-based os x systems. you just need the appropriate version of swt.

[grahamastles]

Thanks for the feedback. None of us are Mac users, so that is a tribute to the folks that designed SWT and Java. It also validates our choice of platform.

Version 1.3 will probably be uploaded to the website at the end of the week. The Eclipse plugin has greatly improved its integration into the workbench, and the Custom Fields feature will let teams experiment with their methodologies. The application's usability and appearance have made big strides as well.

Exciting times for the ProjectCards team.

[jdtangney]

See my post in another thread for instructions on getting ProjectCards running under a more modern Tomcat: http://www.projectcards.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=882

[roberts]

i didn't see anything here regarding support (or not) for running the client on the mac, so here goes...

i can report that the eclipse plugin worked fine for me on the mac (eclipse 3.2M6). easy to install, just dragged to the plugins folder. no other special setup required.

i also tried running the standalone (linux) client on the mac. it worked with a little tweaking of script. it would be great to create a downloadable pacakge that includes the required os x versions of the swt libraries, wrap a simple mac installer around it, and ship.

what i had to change:

modified the projectcards-gtk.sh script to use java 1.4 (the current standard jvm on the mac platform is 1.5). i'm not sure whether this really mattered.

i downloaded the mac os x version of swt from the eclipse website and modified the projectcards-gtk.sh script to use the swt library from there instead of from ./linux/gtk/swt/swt.jar and also added the swt directory to the java.library.path instead of ./linux/gtk/swt

after that, things worked fine.

i tested on a powerpc mac, i think this should also be doable for intel-based os x systems. you just need the appropriate version of swt.

It can work fine with intel-based os x systems. all seem same with mac.