Canvas3D XUL Runner App 0.4

Progress starts again with v0.4 of the XUL Runner App project!

Version 0.3	-
☆ Windows →	(incomplete)
☆ Mac OS X →	(incomplete)

Planned Features

Bug cleanup

Feb 2

• Experimented with Songbird for Mac as a working comparison of a XUL Runner build with dylibs
• Replaced the old and fishy XR framework with the one from Songbird
  • Portable Canvas now recognizes canvas elements, and doesn't tell you to get the c3d extension!
  • Unfortunately, it simply gives you a blue outline of the canvas element, rather than display 3d

(3 hours)

Jan 26

• Advanced XULRunner for Macs (mostly details about Info.plist)
  • http://www.mactipsandtricks.com/articles/Wiley_HT_appBundles2.lasso

Jan 22

• installed RealVNC (free edition) with hextile encoding instead of the default zrle
• configuring remote desktop remotely on a mac:
  • http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370

Jan 19

• visited #seneca, received an empowering speech from armenzg
• got a handy link from Cathy! (use broader search terms)
• https://developer.mozilla.org/En/XULRunner/Creating_custom_app_bundles_for_Mac_OS_X
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Code_snippets/File_I%2f%2fO
• grabbed libcanvas3d.dylib from canvas3d.xpi (just like libcanvas3d.dll for the Windows side)
• sticking the dylib into PC.app/Contents/MacOS/ doesn't work
• sticking the dylib into PC.app/Contents/MacOS/components doesn't work
• sticking the dylib into PC.app/Contents/Resources/components doesn't work
• (learning xulrunner for Mac is nothing like learning xulrunner for Windows...)

Jan 16

Progress

• Stuck the dylib into the Mac version of Portable Canvas, with no avail!

Next Steps

• Try VNC and remote desktop to access the Mac from home
• Attempt to find help on irc with prolonged access to a Mac