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Soulstorm · Aug 10th, 2007, 5:24 PM

I finally did it. Game_Ender, thanks A LOT!

titaniumdecoy, here's the template you gave earlier, altered so that it works with my configuration. Check it out.

DaWei · Aug 10th, 2007, 5:39 PM

Shit, I feel like a troublemaker for recommending Boost in the first place.

Ghost · Aug 10th, 2007, 6:24 PM

People Program for Mac's? Wierd...

Haha just kidding, but seriously....

DaWei · Aug 10th, 2007, 8:00 PM

Mac's represent 3 % of the market for desktop/laptop/PC type machines. That is about 0.3 % of the computer market. If you run the numbers, you will find that Mac programmers still draw in a substantial amount of money. How much are you drawing down? Haha just kidding, but seriously....

titaniumdecoy · Aug 11th, 2007, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Soulstorm

taniumdecoy, here's the template you gave earlier, altered so that it works with my configuration. Check it out.

I'm glad you got it working. Did you mean to attach the altered template to your post, because I don't see it...

It would be very helpful for me to see what you changed because I plan to fix it up and distribute it. (If you only altered the Makefile, that is all I need to see.) Thanks.

I might even make a GUI installer for the Boost libraries and the Xcode template, depending on how difficult that turns out to be.

Soulstorm · Aug 11th, 2007, 2:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by titaniumdecoy

I'm glad you got it working. Did you mean to attach the altered template to your post, because I don't see it...

It would be very helpful for me to see what you changed because I plan to fix it up and distribute it. (If you only altered the Makefile, that is all I need to see.) Thanks.

I might even make a GUI installer for the Boost libraries and the Xcode template, depending on how difficult that turns out to be.

Funny, I had the same idea about distribution, I think Mac users need such a thing. If you distribute it (since the original termplate was your template after all), please provide me with a link to the distributed file. I have a site, and some blogs I want to post that in, along with complete instructions for OS X users.

And, yes, I only changed the makefile. Here is the code.

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#makefile for the boost project
#You must modify the environment variables at the start of the file
#in order to work!

#example: Consider the 1_34_1 boost distribution, which installs all the
#stuff by default in usr/local/lib (for the libraries) and in
#usr/local/boost_1_34_1/boost (for the headers to be included). The following
#setup is for loading the libraries from this location. If you want to load them
#from a custom location, modify the variables below accordingly.


BOOST_ROOT=/usr/local
PRODUCT_NAME=example
BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR=$(BOOST_ROOT)/include/boost_1_34_1
BOOST_LIB_DIR=$(BOOST_ROOT)/lib

main: main.cpp
	g++ main.cpp -I$(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR) -L$(BOOST_LIB_DIR) -o $(PRODUCT_NAME) #-lboost_regex
clean:
	rm -f main

With that, I can include every header I want, such as regex.

And, finally, can you please pm me (or say it here) how did you make the template? I mean, how did you configure the target to use the makefile? And what kind of target is this? I was searching yesterday for that kind of target but it seems I can't find it anywhere. Any indication would be great.

@Ghost: Have you even programmed in a Mac? It's a great development environment. Seems to me you haven't even heard of Cocoa. Haha, just kidding, but seriously...

@Dawei, from troubles, come solutions, and finally knowledge. I always wanted to install Boost, but the mistake was I did posts in Mac specific forums, in the programming section, because I thought that I couldn't find anyone here who uses mac, boost, and who would be willing to help. Anyway, your recomendation was useful after all.

titaniumdecoy · Aug 11th, 2007, 2:50 AM

@Soulstorm: Thanks for posting that.

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Originally Posted by Soulstorm

And, finally, can you please pm me (or say it here) how did you make the template? I mean, how did you configure the target to use the makefile? And what kind of target is this? I was searching yesterday for that kind of target but it seems I can't find it anywhere. Any indication would be great.

It was very difficult to figure out how to make the template because of the lack of documentation. I will write up a tutorial of sorts as soon as I get around to it--I don't have much time these days because I just got a (summer) job. I will let you know as soon as it is finished; in the meantime, if you have a specific question I would be happy to answer.

For now I will say: The target is an External Target. Set it as the project's target by selecting the "Project > Set Active Target > Target Name". External targets use make by default; create a file named Makefile and voila. You may have to designate a new executable as well (if nothing happens after a successful compilation this is probably the problem); right-click Executables and select "Add > New Custom Executable...". The path should be the product name, or whatever comes after the -o flag of the g++ command--for the Makefile you posted above, it would be "example". Set it as the Active Executable the same way you set a new target.

Soulstorm · Aug 11th, 2007, 4:58 AM

Thanks a lot, titaniumdecoy. Now I understand everything. When you write any tutorial, or wrap the project into a template, give me a link.

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DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Mac's represent 3 % of the market for desktop/laptop/PC type machines. That is about 0.3 % of the computer market. If you run the numbers, you will find that Mac programmers still draw in a substantial amount of money. How much are you drawing down? Haha just kidding, but seriously.... __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Aug 11th, 2007, 4:58 AM	#18
Soulstorm Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Menidi, Athens, Greece Posts: 239 Rep Power: 3	Thanks a lot, titaniumdecoy. Now I understand everything. When you write any tutorial, or wrap the project into a template, give me a link. __________________ Project::Soulstorm (personal homepage)

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