Alex, Sure. The autotools procedure of configure, make make install works on the Mac. With liblouisutdml you might have trouble with pkg-config. It was missing on Leopard, but it may be on Snow Leopard. Windows is the real problem, though it isn['t hard if you know what you are doing. The Eclipse plugin would be useful for that situation. John On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 07:00:27AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > Hi John, > > Just a question, but couldn't I just use GCC for compiling the code you > mentioned? > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 2010-12-09, at 6:44 AM, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Alex, > > > > Yes, I think that would be a good first milestone. It would be easy to > > implement other useful subcommands as well. One problem is that for a > > truly useable release we will need to find a reliable way of portinng > > liblouis and liblouisutdml to various platforms. Could you install the > > Eclipse C++ plugin for the Mac and see if you can compile the latest > > liblouis with its command-line tools? liblouuisutdml can wait a bit. The > > one at www.abilitiessoft.com doesn't work. I'll have to fix that. > > > > John > > > > On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 06:16:44AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> Hi John, > >> > >> As I mentioned before, I think that a command-line embossing feature would > >> be a good first milestone to reach. > >> > >> It would allow for some basic translation and embossing to take place. > >> > >> Because it would be a command-line tool, it would allow us to continue to > >> iron out the UI design, while at the same time allowing us to put out > >> something usable. > >> > >> Let me know hwat you think. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Alex, > >> > >> > >> On 2010-12-08, at 8:39 AM, John J. Boyer wrote: > >> > >>> There is a lot in the specification. It would also be great if we could > >>> get something usable out soon. I wonder what various people think should > >>> be the minimum features in a usable release, aside from the obvious, > >>> such as translation and working with generic embossers. This could be > >>> out first milestone. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> 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, > >> VoiceOver Trainer, > >> ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> Visit us on the web at: www.vipbc.org > >> > > > > -- > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > > Abilitiessoft, Inc. > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > > Madison, Wisconsin USA > > Developing software for people with disabilities > > > > > > Alex Jurgensen, > VoiceOver Trainer, > ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Visit us on the web at: www.vipbc.org > -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities