OSX Compiling Issue from git pull

Morgan_Hardwood · November 28, 2016, 9:45pm

Absolutely!

partha · December 3, 2016, 12:14am

OK, GTK3 build is now ready from the latest git pull. Please test and
let me know if you have any issues.

http://www.partha.com/temp/RawTherapee-gtk3.app.zip

To install, use Finder to unzip. Then drag the app to your Application
Folder or personal Application Folder. Double click to run.

Thanks,
Partha

Morgan_Hardwood · December 3, 2016, 3:29pm

@partha thank you for making a new build. I have some questions:

Why is this not a DMG as all other OS X builds were before?
Is DMG more user-friendly, or does it not matter? Can a DMG be installed in some way which offers an OS X-friendly uninstall procedure?
Could you zip it together with AboutThisBuild.txt in the root of the archive? That is a requirement of the current website and is how all builds for all operating systems are packaged.

partha · December 3, 2016, 9:34pm

[Morgan_Hardwood] Morgan_Hardwood
http://discuss.pixls.us/users/morgan_hardwood
December 3

@partha http://discuss.pixls.us/users/partha thank you for making a
new build. I have some questions:

Why is this not a DMG as all other OS X builds were before?

Well, I have not produced DMGs before simply because I didn’t need them.
I suppose one could build an elaborate mechanism for providing multiple
apps or something, but mostly I see DMGs telling you to drag the App to
the Application folder. If DMG is requirement for you, I will look into it.

Is DMG more user-friendly, or does it not matter? Can a DMG be
installed in some way which offers an OS X-friendly uninstall procedure?

I don’t think we need DMG since the Finder is quite capable of unzipping
the App where you downloaded it. This also allows you to test the app
before moving it to your Application Folder.

Could you zip it together with AboutThisBuild.txt in the root of
the archive? That is a requirement of the current website and is how
all builds for all operating systems are packaged.

Yes, I can. This is the same information in the about > Version menu
item, right? Note that once you unzip, this text file won’t be part of
the App at all.

Morgan_Hardwood · December 4, 2016, 4:10pm

It is not, it’s just that till now we had DMGs and it would be nice to stay consistent, but if creating them is a hassle (and opening them in Linux is a hassle) and if they don’t provide any benefit to the user then not using them is fine.

I don’t know what Finder is. Will macOS users know what to do with this zip? Do we need installation instructions? If so, could you write them here?

Correct.
A copy of the AboutThisBuild.txt file must be placed next to the actual ZIP (or DMG or whatever) and then both of these need to be zipped again. This is a requirement for the mechanism on our website which then extracts the info from AboutThisBuild.txt and uses it to show details on our downloads page. We won’t need it when a new RawTherapee website goes live, but for now we still need it.

partha · December 4, 2016, 8:22pm

[Morgan_Hardwood] Morgan_Hardwood
http://discuss.pixls.us/users/morgan_hardwood
December 4

partha:
If DMG is requirement for you, I will look into it.
It is not, it’s just that till now we had DMGs and it would be nice to
stay consistent, but if creating them is a hassle (and opening them in
Linux is a hassle) and if they don’t provide any benefit to the user
then not using them is fine.

I personally don’t see any benefit from it. If others have any opinion
on this, please chime in.

partha:
I don't think we need DMG since the Finder is quite capable of
unzipping the App where you downloaded it.
I don’t know what Finder is. Will macOS users know what to do with
this zip? Do we need installation instructions? If so, could you write
them here?

Yes. Mac users will know what Finder is. (it’s the default file
manager). Yes, they will know what to do with the zipfile. Besides I
also provide all the instructions needed. And I did write the
instructions here.

partha:
This is the same information in the about > Version menu item,
right? Note that once you unzip, this text file won't be part of
the App at all.
Correct.
A copy of the AboutThisBuild.txt file must be placed next to the
actual ZIP (or DMG or whatever) and then both of these need to be
zipped again. This is a requirement for the mechanism on our website
which then extracts the info from AboutThisBuild.txt and uses it to
show details on our downloads page. We won’t need it when a new
RawTherapee website goes live, but for now we still need it.

No problems. I’ll do so.

partha · December 5, 2016, 3:53pm

I have updated my build. There are no functional differences from the previous build. You don’t need to download if you have already done so.

Please download it here:
http://www.partha.com/temp/RawTherapee_OSX_10.8_4.2.1408_gtk3.zip

Installation
Use Finder to unzip. When you unzip, you will find 2 files: 1. AboutThisBuild.txt and 2. RawTherapee-gtk3.app. You may move the app to your personal Application Folder or the System Application Folder. Then double click on the app to start.

Please provide feedback if any.

Enjoy.

Thanks
Partha

Morgan_Hardwood · December 5, 2016, 4:25pm

The new build is live:
http://rawtherapee.com/downloads

peterdb · December 6, 2016, 7:47pm

Hey, thanks for the new build. On my Mac no option to change the Gui. I copied the themes from an earlier download to the new one, but no solution. No option to change the font.
My profiles are unavalable.
The tools opened/closed in a tab are all opened again after a restart of RT.
Same problem with the size of the window. On opening up a small window. After resizing and restarting RT : small again.
Maybe there’s a simple solution for this : I will be glad to hear from you.

Can you also provide the earlier download-version on the website please ?

No offence, but I will keep using my previous version.-

Morgan_Hardwood · December 9, 2016, 10:42am

Can anyone else confirm what Peter wrote? Not only in macOS but in other operating systems too.

Hi @peterdb

Delete, rename or otherwise isolate what you did so that the new version does not use anything from your old build(s).
Download and install the new build again.
[quote=“peterdb, post:25, topic:2602”]
I copied the themes from an earlier download to the new one
[/quote]

DON’T do that.

What does this mean?

Correct, the font is inherited from your system-wide GTK+ font setting.

From memory (I don’t have RT in front of me right now), this works correctly in both Linux and Windows, so if it’s true then it’s a bug. Where did you try this, in the File Browser or Editor? Single or Multiple Editor Tab Mode?

Window size not remembered after restart - could be a bug or just a missing macOS feature. @Hombre do you know?

partha · December 9, 2016, 12:38pm

Sorry for the late response. Have been very very busy.

Echoing what Morgan said, please provide some additional information if you can.

Also, with this build, you will find a log is generated when you run the App.

Please open your Terminal app. Carefully type the following:

cp /tmp/runRT-4.2-*.log ~/

Now in Finder, you will see a log file in your home folder called runRT-4.2-(a long series of number).log. Please provide this file to us or send it by email to me.

Morgan_Hardwood · December 9, 2016, 4:17pm

@partha or anyone, how does one change that in macOS or Windows?

paperdigits · December 9, 2016, 4:23pm

I can check that when I get home, but I’m pretty sure Apple has selected the optimal font for everyone, so why change it

partha · December 9, 2016, 5:03pm

@Morgan_Hardwood, sorry what are we changing here? I am confused.

peterdb · December 9, 2016, 7:09pm

Hello
I searched for ~/.config/ as indicated in the Rawpedia. I found two folders : ‘Rawtherapee4’ from the earlier build and a new one ‘Rawtherapee’. Copying my profiles from ‘Rawtherapee4’ to ‘Rawtherapee’ solved the issue about not finding my profiles. I don’t remember on my Windowsmachine that there was a new folder with each new installation.

The issue about opened/closed tabs seems magically solved to. (?) I’ve tested Single Editor Tab Mode and Multiple Editor Tabs Mode without a problem.

What remains : on every start-up the RT-window is downsized. No big deal.

What’s left : how can I get the old themes to work in the new build or isn’t this possible ?
I thought on Windows this could be done by copying them to the Themes-folder. Not so on MacOS or is it just the new build ?

Earlier I’ve reported that scrolling in the tool-tabs was to fast on MacOS in the previous build. This is solved in the new build : thanks !

Keep up the good work, guys.

Morgan_Hardwood · December 9, 2016, 7:15pm

@partha how does one change the font used by the GTK+ system-wide theme in macOS (and Windows)?

partha · December 9, 2016, 7:30pm

As I mentioned, please attach/send me the log file so I can look into this?

This is built on gtk3. So, changing themes is not as simple as copying old themes over.

partha · December 9, 2016, 7:33pm

@Morgan_Hardwood,

OS apps are self contained. I suppose we could be set up to read a configuration file at startup. I’ll look into this?

Thanks,
Partha

peterdb · December 9, 2016, 7:47pm

Hello Partha,

Do you mean the log file in Console on MacOS ?
This is the one on starting up RT
subsystem: com.apple.SkyLight, category: default, enable_level: 0, persist_level: 0, default_ttl: 7, info_ttl: 0, debug_ttl: 0, generate_symptoms: 0, enable_oversize: 0, privacy_setting: 0, enable_private_data: 0

partha · December 9, 2016, 7:59pm

Sorry, are you running RT from a console? How are you doing that? It is setup as an App.