[Gvsig_english] osX

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi!
Yes, it was on a PPC. I was using the latest sable version 1.1 of  
gvSIG. Good to hear I don't have to find the bug myself now! :-)
Ciao,
Jeroen

On Oct 23, 2007, at 3:48 PM, Mijail wrote:

> OK, so there seems to be a pattern. We'll see how to rename the  
> apps so this gets less confusing for users.
>
> About your error: was that in a PowerPC Mac? If so, that is the  
> cause: we have a serious bug in one of the libraries used by gvSIG  
> 1.1 on OS X PPC (which we are in the process to fix).
>
> If not, please report back and give us any details that can help  
> locate the problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 23/10/2007, at 15:41, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'd like to support the suggestion for a renamed application for  
>> OSX. I had exactly the same confusion, and in fact removed the  
>> whole application 1.1 because I had errors when opening a layer in  
>> a view. I thought my installer didn't work properly and didn't  
>> think of moving it into the App folder (thinking it was an  
>> installer) :-)
>> Ciao,
>> Jeroen
>>
>> ps. I guess now I have to find out why it failed to run properly..
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2007, at 1:58 PM, Mijail wrote:
>>
>>> We certainly don't expect users to look inside the bundle, as you  
>>> did. Users are only supposed to download the application and  
>>> double-click it.
>>>
>>> The user does not need to worry about prerrequisites and  
>>> installation. The app will do the right thing by itself: install  
>>> if needed, or run gvSIG if not. Just use it like any other Mac  
>>> application.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>> On 23/10/2007, at 13:44, pvmstg wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Many, like me are just end user.  At least on mac, we are more  
>>>> the type click and work.  If I understand correctly you have and  
>>>> install and inside the install you have the program.  Maybe it's  
>>>> why in just clicking each time in the install two icon show in  
>>>> the toolbar and only one when I check inside the bundle and see  
>>>> and other gvsig icon who only show one icon in the toolbar.  So  
>>>> because most user whon't check inside a budle maybe the best  
>>>> solution for osX is to separe the prerequired files and the  
>>>> gvsig program itself.  Clic once on the prerequire and after  
>>>> drag the program in the application folder.
>>>>
>>>> Marcel
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again
>>>> Le 07-10-23 à 07:29, Mijail a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your suggestions. However, we think it is  
>>>>> somewhat important to differentiate between the "simple" app  
>>>>> (the second bundle you discovered) and the "autoinstalling" app  
>>>>> (the bundle as it is downloaded); if we don't, perhaps the  
>>>>> confusion would be about "do I have to install any of the  
>>>>> prerrequisites?".
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps the best option will be to add a short readme file -  
>>>>> though, who reads them? :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>
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