That's great news. I'd be willing to be a tester - though I know next to nothing about programming. Would like to learn, though, eventually. On 2011-02-24, at 10:13 PM, Travis Siegel wrote: > Well, with a quick check of the source (it is indeed opensource, and judging > from the page where the source is located, The original author is perfectly > willing to work with folks on fixing/improving the program, so I'm fairly > certain, there'd be no issue with making another fork for a mac port. > Unfortunately, I'm only a mediocre python programmer, so this will teach me a > lot, as well as challenge my python skills to make this work. > I'm confident it can be done though. > So, there we go. > At the moment, from what I've seen, it's very much windows centric, and it > will take some work to get it whipped into some simblance of order as a mac > app, since there's quite a bit of things that need to be rewritten/replaced, > but the core of the system should work without too much hassle, so the short > answer is: Yes, a port to the mac is possible. > The long answer though is that it will take some time, and I'll need to get a > lot more familiar with python code probably before the complete port is made. > The text-to-speech portion will be relatively easy, since osx provides > fairly well for that, so we will have that part p and running pretty quickly, > most of the other add-ons though might be a problem. I'm not sure what some > of the windows components are (yet) so researching and finding replacements > for those that work on osx is likely to be the toughest part of the port. > However, if this can be dne, I see no reason why the entire functionality of > the qwitter client can't be ported cleanly to the mac. > I'll keep folks posted, and of course ask for volunteers for testing as > porting progresses. > I'll also make the author aware of my efforts, in case he's willing/able to > assist. > Hope this helps. > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >