[grapefruit] can't run Grapefruit

[Axel Simon]

On May 25, 2009, at 19:26, Dean Herington wrote:

> I decided to try on Max OS X (10.5).  It seemed to get a bit  
> further, but still no joy.  Anyone have a suggestion?
>
> bash-3.2$ ghci
> GHCi, version 6.10.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
> Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
> Loading package integer ... linking ... done.
> Loading package base ... linking ... done.
> Prelude> :m + Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.Circuit
> Prelude Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.Circuit> :m +  
> Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.GTK
> Prelude Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.Circuit  
> Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.GTK> :m + Examples.Grapefruit.Simple
> Prelude Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.Circuit Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.GTK  
> Examples.Grapefruit.Simple> run GTK mainCircuit
> Loading package syb ... linking ... done.
> Loading package base-3.0.3.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package mtl-1.1.0.2 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package old-locale-1.0.0.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package old-time-1.0.0.2 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package random-1.0.0.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package QuickCheck-2.1.0.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package array-0.2.0.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package containers-0.2.0.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package bytestring-0.9.1.4 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package filepath-1.1.0.2 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package unix-2.3.2.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package directory-1.0.0.3 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package process-1.0.1.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package haskell98 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package glib-0.10.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package cairo-0.10.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package gtk-0.10.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package TypeCompose-0.6.4 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package lazysmallcheck-0.3 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package Stream-0.3.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package arrows-0.4.1.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package grapefruit-frp-0.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package packedstring-0.1.0.1 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package pretty-1.0.1.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done.
> Loading package type-level-0.2.2 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package type-equality-check-0.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package grapefruit-records-0.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package grapefruit-ui-0.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package grapefruit-examples-0.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
> Loading package grapefruit-ui-gtk-0.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
> *** Exception: Cannot initialize GUI.
>

Of course! You need to run your program in X11, not in the Terminal.

I can't comment on the windows problem since I think ghci not being  
able to load the .dll file is a ghci problem, unless I'm mistaken and  
it's a naming issue.

Cheers,
Axel.