Dasher version 4.10.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Sunday the 22nd of November, 2009

    version 4.10.1

      View the most recent changes for the dasher port at: dasher.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for dasher.
      The raw portfile for dasher 4.10.1 is located here:
      http://dasher.darwinports.com/dports/gnome/dasher/Portfile
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      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:ft=tcl:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The dasher Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: dasher
      Version: 4.10.1
      set branch [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .]
      Description: Zooming text entry system.
      Long Description: Dasher is a zooming predictive text entry system, designed for situations where keyboard input is impractical (for instance, accessibility or PDAs). It is usable with highly limited amounts of physical input while still allowing high rates of text entry.
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Category: gnome
      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/

      use_bzip2 yes
      Master Sites: gnome:sources/${name}/${branch}/

      Checksums: md5 83e556690ac54c4bb8c49c050510259e sha1 bc2bd8c8c8f078f5290527f1525563d098f53b5d rmd160 0ed314ba5717f129168e315e02389259dc28532c

      depends_lib port:libgnomeui port:at-spi port:libwnck

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --without-gvfs --disable-scrollkeeper

      platform darwin 8 {
      configure.cxxflags-append -DWITH_DARWIN=1
      }

      Variant: speech description {build with speech support} {
      configure.args-append --enable-speech
      depends_lib-append port:gnome-speech
      }

      Variant: gvfs description {build with gvfs from gio in glib} {
      configure.args-delete --without-gvfs
      depends_lib-append port:gvfs
      }

      set storagedir ${prefix}/etc/macports/gconf
      set storagefile $storagedir/${name}

      post-destroot {
      # Register schemas with gconf. See http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/14729

      # Find all .schemas file in the destroot
      fs-traverse schema ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/gconf/schemas {
      if { [ file isfile $schema ] } {
      lappend schemafiles $schema
      }
      }

      # And put them in etc/macports/gconf/$name
      if { [ llength $schemafiles ] > 0 } {
      file mkdir ${destroot}${storagedir}
      set fh [open ${destroot}${storagefile} w]
      foreach file $schemafiles {
      puts $fh [exec basename $file]
      }
      close $fh
      }
      }

      post-activate {
      if { [file exists ${storagefile} ] } {
      set fh [open ${storagefile} r]
      while { ! [eof $fh] } {
      lappend schemafiles [gets $fh]
      }
      close $fh
      }

      set schemastring [join $schemafiles " "]

      system "cd ${prefix}/etc/gconf/schemas && GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`${prefix}/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` ${prefix}/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule $schemastring"

      system "${prefix}/bin/scrollkeeper-update"
      system "${prefix}/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t ${prefix}/share/icons/hicolor"
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/${name}/${branch}/
      livecheck.regex {LATEST-IS-(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)}

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/dasher
      % sudo port install dasher
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching dasher
      ---> Verifying checksum for dasher
      ---> Extracting dasher
      ---> Configuring dasher
      ---> Building dasher with target all
      ---> Staging dasher into destroot
      ---> Installing dasher
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using dasher with these commands:
      %  man dasher
      % apropos dasher
      % which dasher
      % locate dasher

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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