OS X Externals

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

As an experiment, I put the full path to the external into "the 
externals of this stack", quit Rev, and reopened.  Same results --  
"the externalFunctions of this stack" is empty

On Oct 13, 2004, at 9:04 AM, Thierry Arbellot wrote:

> OK
>
> If you don't want to copy the bundle every-time you rebuild it, use 
> the full path to the folder where XCode build the bundle.
> And each time you rebuild the bundle, you should close the stack, 
> remove it from memory then reopen it.
>
> Another thing to check: have you add the 2 functions in the Xtable 
> array declared in the external.c source file ?
>
> On Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004, at 14:40 Europe/Paris, Frank D. Engel, Jr. 
> wrote:
>
>> No, just the name.  However, I have now tried using the EnhancedQT 
>> external, just to see how that one worked (place it where in order 
>> for it to work), and placing it in the Rev folder causes it to work, 
>> even w/o the full path in "the externals of this stack", and the 
>> externalFunctions does return a list of functions.
>>
>> I placed my external in the same place, but have an empty list of 
>> externalFunctions.  Apparently something is wrong, either in my C 
>> source code, or in the build process.
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2004, at 5:10 AM, Thierry Arbellot wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, Oct 12, 2004, at 23:44 Europe/Paris, Frank D. Engel, Jr. 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to build an external for OS X (which I will eventually 
>>>> need to get working under Windows as well).  There should be no 
>>>> outside dependencies from the external itself, other than the 
>>>> standard libc.  The external contains two functions.
>>>>
>>>> I tried various things, and finally ended up with a .bundle file, 
>>>> courtesy of XCode.  I tried several different placements of the 
>>>> file, and have the name of the bundle in the externals property of 
>>>> my main stack, but using 'answer the externalFunctions of this 
>>>> stack' from the msgbox always results in an empty message box (just 
>>>> the ever-present OK button).
>>>>
>>>> I cannot tell if Rev is not finding my external, if my external was 
>>>> not built correctly (found but considered corrupt and silently 
>>>> ignored), or if it is somehow being considered an 'empty' external 
>>>> (a valid external with no functions).
>>>>
>>>> Could anyone help me to debug this problem?  Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Frank,
>>>
>>> Have you set the full path to the bundle in the externals property 
>>> of the main stack ?
>>>
>>> Thierry
>>>
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>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>
>>
>> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
>> $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
>> John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
>> Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
>> everlasting life.
>> $
>>
>>
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$



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