Rev's Portability
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Dec 28 10:05:43 EST 2006
Robert John Warren wrote:
> One of Rev's great characteristics is its portability. A Rev standalone
> doesn't need a setup. If you create an app in Windows, you can easily
> load up the same project in Macintosh, create a new standalone, and
> provided no adjustments to the handling of the file system are needed,
> the app will run just as well on Mac as it does on Windows. Great!
>
> But, to use a phrase I know Dan loves, there is a fly in the ointment.
> The Windows file system is different to the Macintosh file system is
> different to the Linux file system is different to the ..... So if your
> app makes heavy use of the file system, to run it anywhere, you either
> have to make it detect and adjust to the specific operating system it is
> running on, or you have to produce different versions of the app for use
> on different operating systems. Damn!
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong.
The differences between operating systems extends beyond the vendors'
choice to avoid adopting a universal file system. Transcript's platform
function lets you determine where it's running at any given time before
attempting something unique to a given OS.
Was there a specific issue in that which we might be able to provide a
solution for?
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Richard Gaskin Managing Editor, revJournal
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