Writing wxWidget Applications on Mac

[zarnce]

I understand that to run a wxWidget application it needs to be in a ".app". Is it possible to create the ".app" with CodeLite?

Thanks
Brian

[zarnce]

I figured out that I can just create the directory structure by hand but I am still having a problem building the app from CodeLite. It can't find wx-config which is in /usr/local/bin. If I run make from the command line it finds wx-config just fine. Also is it possible to build/have debug and release versions of wxWidgets?

Thanks
Brian

[eranif]

Did u edit any environment variables inside codelite? (from settings -> environment varialbles...)
What do you have inside that table (settings -> environment varialbles...)
Eran

[sdolim]

Don't forget the PATH setting in Build Settings -> [compiler] -> Tools.

[frank_frl]

Hi zarnce,

If your wx-config is in /usr/local/bin I guess you have compiled wxWidgets yourself and you are not using the version which comes with OSX. In this case you can just replace the wx-config alias in /usr/bin with the one in /usr/local/bin. You should rename the old one to be able to restore it . That's how I did it and it works.

For the .app package you can use a post-build command to create it with a bash script.

Frank

[zarnce]

I don't have anything set in the Environment Variables. I added a link from /usr/bin/wx-config to /usr/local/bin/wx-config. That made it so I can build but only the release version. wx-config lists only a release version. Is it possible to have two versions (release and debug) of the wxWidgets library installed?

Thank for your help!
Brian

[eranif]

Is it possible to have two versions (release and debug) of the wxWidgets library installed?

Yes you can. Just install (or build debug version) and thats it.

Eran

[zarnce]

I took your advice frank and now have CodeLite create the app directory structure. I am still unable to run the app from the command line or through CodeLite. Is this normal?

Thanks
Brian

[frank_frl]

You have to use 'open $(ProjectName).app' to start it.

Frank

[zarnce]

Is it possible to have two versions (release and debug) of the wxWidgets library installed?

Yes you can. Just install (or build debug version) and thats it.

Eran

If I build and install the release version.
./configure
make
make install

and then

./configure --enable-debug
make
make install

the debug version wipes out the debug version.

Thanks
Brian