[Haskell-cafe] wxMac/wxHaskell focus problem, a quick solution

[Miguel Mitrofanov]

Isn't that what macosx-app is for?

Iain Barnett wrote:
> I was trying to go through some of the wxHaskell examples, and they 
> wouldn't work on my (Tiger) mac. Same thing happened with a few other wx 
> apps I downloaded from Hackage. A bit of a rummage on the internet 
> turned up an issue with wxMac[1]. You need to put the haskell executable 
> in an OSX Application Bundle or you can't get focus on the window.
> 
> Since I don't know how to use XCode (and quickly got bored of trying to 
> find what I needed to do with it for my needs) I setup an applescript 
> that builds a bare bones app bundle, with a basic plist file too.
> 
> This is probably something others have gone though and, just in case it 
> might be some use to others, I stuck it here (might be a little bit of 
> overkill using Sourceforge, but I wasn't go to pay for the download 
> space on my blog considering I have zero cash right now).
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/makebundle/
> 
> The applescript has a perl script in it too, so you'll need perl on your 
> machine for it to work. Everything you need to know is in the readme.
> 
> 
> Iain
> 
> 
> [1] 
> http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/WxMac_Issues#My_app_can.27t_be_brought_to_the_front.21 
> 
> 
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