docs/cocoa/install.txt

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   2 NB: This is the old wxCocoa port, you almost certainly want to read
   3     docs/osx/install.txt for instructions about building wxOSX/Cocoa instead.
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   5
   6 wxCocoa is still a work in progress.
   7
   8 To compile it, you will need Apple's Developer Tools.  However, please
   9 note that any work to make it suitable for GNUstep (which will require
  10 a GCC release with Objective-C++) will be much appreciated.
  11
  12 Some users also report success with Metrowerks CodeWarrior IDE and I've even
  13 on occasion used the command-line MW compilers (see docs/metrowerks) with
  14 configure instead of GCC and Apple's LD.
  15
  16 Like most UNIX ports, the standard configure/make method works.  You should
  17 be able to build the library as static or shared.  I usually build static.
  18
  19 On my system I have the following:
  20
  21 Checked out CVS source is in:
  22 /Users/dfe/devel/wxHEADcommit/wxWidgets
  23 Debug build directory is:
  24 /Users/dfe/devel/wxHEADcommit/BUILD_COCOAd
  25
  26 From the debug build directory:
  27 $ ../wxWidgets/configure --with-cocoa --enable-debug --disable-shared
  28 $ make
  29 $ cd samples/minimal
  30 $ make
  31 $ ./minimal.app/Contents/MacOS/minimal
  32
  33 Like wxMac applications, wxCocoa applications are "bundled".  For development
  34 purposes all this means is that an executable named "foo" needs to be
  35 inside a "foo.app/Contents/MacOS" directory.  For deployment you will need
  36 an appropriate Info.plist and PkgInfo inside the foo.app/Contents directory.
  37
  38 wxCocoa (and Cocoa in general) has no need for Mac OS resources.  It
  39 certainly has no need for resource forks as no Mach-O applications should
  40 _ever_ have resource forks (note: Bakefile violates this right now).
  41 Please see the wxWiki and/or discuss this with wx-users before shipping
  42 any wxCocoa apps if you are new to the OS X platform.