Plugins vs. the Mac app bundle

[Paul Hibbert]

Peter,

Does this affect solutions such as the one posted here: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17292 - Comment 6?

I’m curious because I usually modify the revMenuBar stack to add in my own preferred shortcuts, there are also people like Richmond that like to change the tool bar icons etc., so I’m assuming this type of activity will also break code signing validity.

Kind Regards,

Paul

On Apr 12, 2016, at 2:14 AM, Peter TB Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> There seems to some confusion about plugins/extensions and the OS X installation method for the LiveCode IDE.
> 
> Some OS X APIs require the app bundle to be validly signed.  Incorrect signatures have previously manifested themselves in horrible ways, including extreme delays when trying to open a file in the IDE, and a variety of other nasty symptoms.
> 
> The entire app bundle has to be signed, and any modification to the app bundle invalidates the signature.
> 
> To address this, we have recently made some changes to the OS X installer:
> 
> - we now just provide a DMG with a pre-constructed app bundle inside, rather than an installer
> 
> - we make the app bundle read-only to avoid any possibility of modifying it (and breaking LiveCode features)
> 
> Fortunately, these have fixed the bugs, and improved the LiveCode user experience! Yay!
> 
> 
> This seems to have caused some issues for plugin authors who have been putting their plugins into the LiveCode app bundle, especially when those plugins try and save state or data back into themselves.  Please don't do this!
> 
> Instead, please put your plugins in the per-user plugins directory.  On OS X, the default location is /Users/username/Documents/My LiveCode/Plugins/.  You can modify the location in the 'Files & Memory' section of the IDE preferences.
> 
> 
> For more information, please see the plugins lesson: http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/21341-how-to-install-a-3rd-party-plugin-in-the-livecode-ide
> 
>                                 Peter
> 
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> Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
> LiveCode Open Source Team
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