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From: Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why no pan binary for OSX??
Date: 16 Mar 2016 19:42:11 GMT
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:36:48 +0000, Lloyd Parsons wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:15:28 +0100, android wrote:
> 
>> In article <dktobcF3pr7U1@mid.individual.net>,
>>  Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:43:10 -0500, Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>>> 
>>> > On 2016-03-16 17:05:13 +0000, android said:
>>> > 
>>> >> In article <dkthaeF2027U1@mid.individual.net>,
>>> >>  Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> 
>>> >>> Binaries are available for pan for almost every other platform it
>>> >>> is available for, but none for OSX.  I'd love to have pan for my
>>> >>> MacBook 12" but don't want to diddle with compiling it myself.
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> Currently use Unison when I'm on the Mac, but pan is so much
>>> >>> better and is cross platform.  I've got it on Windows and on my
>>> >>> Pixel Chromebook with Linux.
>>> >> 
>>> >> The compilation is painless if you install it with MacPorts.
>>> >> 
>>> >> First follow the instructions here:
>>> >> 
>>> >> http://www.macports.org/install.php
>>> >> 
>>> >> Then:
>>> >> 
>>> >> sudo port -v install pan2
>>> >> 
>>> >> Start with the command:
>>> >> 
>>> >> pan2
>>> >> 
>>> >> HTH.
>>> > 
>>> > Thanks.  In process of doing that now.  Got Xcode, that takes
>>> > awhile.
>>> > Tried the compile, needed command line tools, got that.  Then the
>>> > install went OK, really heated up this little Core M!!  :)
>>> > 
>>> > But I forgot to get the damned X11.  Getting that now.  I hate
>>> > installers that say 'about a minute' and then just sit there.  If
>>> > the blasted MacBook wasn't getting so warm you'd never know it was
>>> > doing anything.
>>> 
>>> OK, everything is finally there.  But pan2 doesn't run it, pan does.
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to create a launcher so I don't have to pop a terminal
>>> and do things manually?
>>> 
>>> Note I'm posting from pan!!  :)
>> 
>> command line:
>> 
>> nano pan.command
>> 
>> paste this:
>> ---
>> #! /bin/bash pan &
>> exit ---
>> save the above
>> 
>> command line:
>> 
>> chmod +x pan.command
>> 
>> Finder: click pan.command
>> 
>> HTH.
> 
> Got it!!  But had to remove the '&' to make it work right.

my bad.  I didn't end up doing that.

Thanks for the help, it is appreciated.  Got everything working the way I 
want it to.



-- 
Lloyd