[Haskell-cafe] ANN: Silkworm game

[Don Stewart]

For the Mac, you might have to use mkbndl or one of the other native
package builders for the Mac.

-- Don

duane.johnson:
> So here's the thing.... to get it to run on Mac OS X, I have to build a 
> "SilkwormGame.app" directory, with a "Resources" directory inside, along 
> with a lot of other rubbish, just so that GLFW can create a Mac OS window 
> that accepts mouse and keyboard input.  This is the purpose of the 
> Makefile--it uses a script borrowed from wxWindows to assemble all the 
> parts.
>
> Obviously, this rigamarole is not necessary in Unix.  But am I correct  
> in assuming that there is no facility in Cabal that prepares a Mac OS  
> "app" in this way?  Any suggestions so that a cabal install will work  
> for both Unix and Mac users?
>
> Here is what I get (using Don's Silkworm.cabal):
>
>> ~/Documents/Duane/BYU Semesters/2009-Winter/Graphics/Silkworm(master) $ 
>> cabal install
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> Configuring Silkworm-0.2...
>> Preprocessing executables for Silkworm-0.2...
>> Building Silkworm-0.2...
>> [ 1 of 16] Compiling Silkworm.Action  ( Silkworm/Action.hs, dist/ 
>> build/SilkwormGame/SilkwormGame-tmp/Silkworm/Action.o )
>> ... <snip>...
>> [16 of 16] Compiling Main             ( main.hs, dist/build/ 
>> SilkwormGame/SilkwormGame-tmp/Main.o )
>> Linking dist/build/SilkwormGame/SilkwormGame ...
>> Installing executable(s) in /Users/duane/.cabal/bin
>>
>> ~/Silkworm(master) $ SilkwormGame
>> Working in unbundled mode.  You should build a .app wrapper for your  
>> Mac OS X applications.
>> SilkwormGame: ~/Silkworm/background.png: openBinaryFile: does not  
>> exist (No such file or directory)
>
> Putting the binary files in the place it expects produces the same  
> "working in unbundled mode" along with a window that will not capture  
> ANY input from the mouse or keyboard.  In fact, it won't even rise to  
> the top of the window stack--it remains behind the terminal window.
>
> Thanks for you help,
> -- Duane
>
> On May 2, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Don Stewart wrote:
>
>> Yes, it is quite fun.
>>
>> I think it should be using cabal's datadir from Paths_silkworm.hs to
>> install (and find) the resources.
>>
>> Yell if you can't figure out how to do that. (xmonad has an example)
>>
>> -- Don
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