Subject: Re: factors to consider for the Mac port
From: Hubert Figuiere (hfiguiere@teaser.fr)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 09:02:12 CST
According to Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>:
> >The strings & icons can be autoconverted by the MPW makefile,
>
> If we were using MPW for our build system (and someone built the
> tool) then you're right. But right now, we're using CodeWarrior so it's
> not an option...
MPW is available free of charge. So why not making the *build* environment
for AbiWord.
> >and Mac
> >users don't expect (for good reason) a bunch of tiny support files to
> >go with every app.
> If they are in a folder, it doesn't matter.
No. It matters.
> It's no different
> than any other kind of plug-in, AND it means less platform-centric code we
> have to worry about...
Nope. It is *different*. You have to carry several items, and this is NOT
IMHO a good solution.
Hub
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