[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Embed xml2brl (mac osx version)

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:58:27 -0600

Have you tried using the --prefix option of the configute scripts to 
specify a different path? What version of Mac OSX are you using? does 
the configure script for liblouisxml work?

Thanks,
John

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 02:22:55PM +0100, freesb wrote:
> Thanks for helping me out. Michael is right. 
> The Windows binary looks for all the necessary files (translation 
> tables, configuration files, dll files,...) in its own directory. This 
> makes it perfectly feasable to produce a self contained plugin. The Mac 
> binary on the other hand looks for files in /usr/local/ (thus requiring 
> you to install liblouisxml first). This is my problem.
> I hope this makes it more clear to you.
> 
> Bert
> 
> 
> Op 11-feb-10, om 13:56 heeft Michael Whapples het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Is it just me, I seemed to understand what was being asked (Bert if I 
> haven't got it correct me).
> 
> I think Bert wants to create a self contained app/openoffice plugin 
> which uses liblouisxml and doesn't rely on the user installing 
> liblouisxml first. On windows this is fine as the windows binary is in a 
> zip file and so need not be in a specific location (NVDA would be an 
> example of where this is done). Now on Linux and I guess other unix type 
> systems (including Mac may be) when you compile liblouisxml with make 
> you are hard coding some paths. Now on debian and most Linux systems 
> this is fine as the package for your app shouldn't include its own 
> version as it can depend on the liblouisxml package and apt will make 
> sure the dependency is met.
> 
> I have been lead to believe Mac doesn't have such an advanced package 
> system and so it may require the user to manually install liblouisxml. 
> So may be like windows, including a version in your package may be 
> desirable.
> 
> Just my understanding.
> 
> Michael Whapples
> On 02/11/2010 12:46 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> Bert,
> 
> I don't understand your problem. Could you provide a little more
> explanation?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:02:04PM +0100, freesb wrote:
>   
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to embed the xml2brl tool in my OpenOffice plugin. I've had
> succes with the latest Windows binary, because this is a standalone
> version. The Mac OS X version has to be installed first though, so I
> don't see how I can embed it in my app. Is there a way around to achieve
> this?
> 
> Bert
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