[brailleblaster] Re: BrailleBlaster Directory

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:32:49 -0600

Sounds good. I hope you donj't need spaces in BrailleBlaster. 

John

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 07:12:07AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> I believe that everything that you mentioned is simply packaged inside the 
> "Resources" directory, which is inside the "Contents" directory, which is 
> inside the "Braille Blaster.app" directory.
> 
> There are also at least three Mac specific files that must go inside:
> 
> 1. "Braille Blaster.app/Contents/info.plist"
> 2. "Braille Blaster.app/Contents/Resources/Braille Blaster.icns" This is the 
> icon file
> 3. "Braille Blaster.app/Contents/MacOS/brailleblaster" This is what 
> kickstarts the loading of the Java main program. I am not sure if the file 
> should be "brailleblaster", "Braille Blaster" or something else, but I will 
> check.
> 
> I'll confirm this later today or tomorrow.
> 
> Regards,
> Alex,
> 
> 
> On 2010-12-17, at 6:48 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> 
> > Here is what I think should be in the base brailleblaster directory. How 
> > will it fit in a Mac app bundle? It should be fine for Windows and 
> > Linux.
> > 
> > The directory is called brailleblaster it contains:
> > 
> > LICENSE: a file
> > COPYRIGHT: a file
> > README: a file
> > brailleblaster.jar: The main course
> > brailleblaster.sh: startup script for Linux and Mac
> > brailleblaster.bat: startup script for Windows
> > lib: a directory containing jar files such as swt.jar
> > bin: a directory containing C and C++ commands and libraries
> > 
> > The bin directory in turn contains the following subdirectories:
> > 
> > bin: command line tools such as file2brl
> > lib: Libraries such as liblouis and liblouisutdml
> > share: Files and documentation for various libraries
> > 
> > liblouis and liblouisutdml should be compiled with the --prefix option 
> > of configure set to xxx/brailleblaster/bin where xxx is the path to the 
> > brailleblaster directory. I'm not sure what happens if this path 
> > changes. We will have to work that out. The make and make install 
> > commands will produce other directories within brailleblaster/bin, but 
> > these can be deleted.
> > 
> > Now that my server is completely back in business, i will try to push my 
> > code to the BrailleBlaster repository. It will contain the source,  of 
> > course. The bin and lib directories will be empty except for README 
> > files.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > -- 
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > 
> > 
> 
> Alex Jurgensen,
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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