[brailleblaster] Re: Minimum Features for a Usable Release
- From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:11:17 -0600
You would have to set the --prefix option in the configure command. I
think I need to experiment with this myself on Linux.
John
On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 07:50:23AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Make Install? Won't that install the library into one of the folders such as
> /usr/share/lib?
>
> Is this not a potential problem, as all dpendancies of Brailel Blaser on the
> Mac should be in the Braille Blaster application bundle?
>
> I'm just a little confused about the purpose of doing Make Install.
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
>
> On 2010-12-09, at 7:32 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
> Alex Jurgensen,
> VoiceOver Trainer,
> ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Visit us on the web at: www.vipbc.org
>
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