[Ipe-discuss] Ipe on MacOS

[Gijs van Oort]

On 11/22/10 14:14 , Otfried Cheong wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> the Ipe Wiki now contains two approaches to getting Ipe on MacOS:
>
> - using "ports install ipe",
> Does the first version build a correct Cocoa-based Ipe-application, or 
> one using Qt for X11?
I just installed it (it took a while; it complained about libipe.dylib 
not being compiled for x86 but for ppc; but after I manually removed 
libipe* from /opt/local/lib, it recompiled the lib and then the rest of 
IPE without problems) and it does not use X11. It starts up amazingly 
fast, but the window starts up in the background. Furthermore the dock 
('task bar') icon is not an ipe-icon but a generic 'exec' icon (but I 
don't care).  It's version 7.0.8. All ctrl-shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl-L for 
Latex) are, just as it should be, replaced by Command-shortcuts 
(Command-L). Remove-axes is Command-F1 and also works perfectly (but I'm 
going to modify it to `, because I use it a lot).

I am really happy that it has become so easy to install IPE on the Mac 
(I had heard too many stories of people compiling ipe themselves and 
having a lot of trouble, so I did not dare to try). Until now I always 
had to start up a VirtualBox with Ubuntu, just to run IPE. Now I can 
really work with it on the mac!
> - using the package mentioned here:
> http://mail.cs.uu.nl/pipermail/ipe-discuss/2010-August/001127.html
> Is the package mentioned in the other link being updated? (The email 
> refers to 7.0.8.)
It seems that the links on that page are broken.


Thank you, Otfried, for this amazing program!

Gijs