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Re: zim063 on Mac

 

Augus, thanks for the reports. I really hope to use Zim on a Mac at some
point this year.

On 06/20/2015 06:58 AM, Agustin Lobo wrote:
> Many thanks for zim 063
> 
> Some points:
> 
> 1. Cannot find directions for installing using Platypus on http://zim-wiki.org/
> I do find them on
> https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-wiki/wiki/Install-on-OS-X-using-Platypus
> These directions are useful and I can confirm that they work well.
> Also, I do recommend using PyGTK
> 
> 2. I find a bit confusing whether we have to run
> ./setup.py install
> or not. I guess not, but why is this mentioned then?
> 
> 3. Export to html: Problem with not having the top page in the left
> index has been solved. Thanks!
> 
> 4. Still crashes if I move a sub-page to a different place in zim's
> left tree. Re-start does not work from the crash panel automatically
> opened by MacOSX. Have to close that and re-run zim063. In that case,
> the sub-page has been moved to
> the selected place. This crash is not a big problem for me as I used
> the little mac as a secondary machine (essentially for traveling) and
> can reorganize the tree
> on the linux machine at the office.
> 
> 5.In case this were of any help, I link the output of ./test.py
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/6sqcboq38n9v302/test_report.html?dl=0
> 
> 6. Having to use ie. Ctrl-c instead of Cmd-c is odd on a Mac. But if
> this is difficult to solve or implies maintenance problems I can
> perfectely live with that.
> 
> 7. I have the notebook on dropbox and works great.
> 
> 8. If I select inserting an image, cannot paste the path and name in
> "Location". Not sure if this happens on linux too.
> 
> Note I can try to help debugging the crash, but need directions on what to do.
> 
> Thanks again for zim. It's a really valuable tool for me and would
> like to contribute somehow.



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