[Haskell-cafe] Status of Haskell under OsX

[Manuel M T Chakravarty]

Ross Mellgren:
> I use this configuration exclusively... it wasn't actually that hard  
> to set up once I found out that the .pc files are shipped in a  
> strange directory buried in the frameworks.
>
> I posted how I got it working back in December: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=3E883695-30D3-4CBE-AD14-B08C24D343EF%40z.odi.ac

That does work nicely.  Thanks for the pointer.  I added a paragraph  
on the Haskell wiki for easy reference:

   http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gtk2Hs#Using_the_GTK.2B_OS_X_Framework

Manuel

> On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote:
>
>> BTW, there is a nice native version of GTK for Mac OS X as a proper  
>> framework:
>>
>> http://www.gtk-osx.org/
>>
>> Unfortunately, it seems rather difficult to build gtk2hs with the  
>> GTK+ framework as the framework doesn't support pkg-config and  
>> gtk2hs knows nothing about Mac frameworks.  However, GHC has  
>> support for frameworks; so, it should be possible to get this to  
>> work.
>>
>> Manuel
>>
>> Arne Dehli Halvorsen:
>>> Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote:
>>>>> I'm planning to purchase a MacBookPro so I'm wondering how well
>>>>> Haskell is supported under this platform.
>>>>
>>>> At least two of the regular contributors to GHC work on Macs.   
>>>> That should ensure that Mac OS X is well supported.  Installation  
>>>> is trivial with the Mac OS X installer package:
>>>>
>>>> http://haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_6_10_1.html#macosxintel
>>> Hi, following on from this point:
>>>
>>> How does one get gtk2hs running on a mac?
>>>
>>> I have a MacBook Pro, and I've had ghc installed for some time now.
>>>
>>> (first in 6.8.2 (packaged),
>>> then 6.10.1 (packaged),
>>> then 6.8.2 via macports 1.6
>>> then 6.10.1 via macports 1.7)
>>>
>>> I tried to install gtk2hs via macports, but it didn't work.
>>> (0.9.12? on 6.8.2, then on 6.10.1)
>>> Is there a recipe one could follow?
>>> Can I get the preconditions via macports, and then use cabal to  
>>> install
>>> gtk2hs 0.10?
>>>
>>> Grateful for assistance,
>>> Arne D H
>>>>
>>>> Manuel
>>
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