View source for Canvas3D XUL Runner App 0.3

Here's the progress so far on v0.3 of the [[Canvas3D_XUL_Runner_App|XUL Runner App]] project.

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= Planned Features =

'''Local files to be added!'''

* For now, a static file would be acceptable.


'''Portable Canvas to work on Mac'''


= Dec 15 =

===Notes===

* How to exclude multiple pages in Wordpress: http://codex.wordpress.org/wp_list_pages
* File permissions in Wordpress: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions
* Sometimes, the loaded file will produce errors
** This can be "fixed" by loading the file again
** Should work 70%+ of the time


= Dec 12 =

Progress simply '''must''' find the most round-about way of manifesting itself. The solution will be at your fingertips, but you'll have to walk a mile and 3/4 light year to get to it. It's like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_Trap_(board_game) Mouse Trap], but many orders greater in complexity and many orders lesser in amusement...

===Adventure into the Abyss===
*Started off trying to get MyBrowser working on Mac in the ORI (Spain)
*Found this site and recognized it from 0.1 (helpful!): https://developer.mozilla.org/En/XULRunner:Deploying_XULRunner_1.8
*Began changing folder structure to match the example for Mac OS X
*Started looking for location of Mozilla source on this computer
*Found Minefield in Applications folder, but couldn't check its properties for the shortcut target
**Is clearly a Windows user, and does not understand the Mac paradigm. :/
*Required /Library/Frameworks/.../1.8/ according to the guide, this computer only has 1.9 and no Hg
*Downloaded Mozilla source from one of Humph's labs
*Modified .mozconfig to handle XUL Runner
*Discovered that there is no XUL Runner code in the lab's version of Mozilla source... (not so helpful)
*Still can't find a stub executable for Mac OS
*Realized that MyBrowser needs moz 1.9, not 1.8!!
**Still does not fix the missing XUL Runner code issue...
*Found the required framework files simply by looking in the expected locations!! (very helpful, but moderately shocking)
*Could not run the XUL app
*Remembered the "hack application.ini to change 1.8 requirement to 1.9" trick from v0.1
*Got MyBrowser working on Mac OS X!?! (...a first for me!)


This is where I cheer for joy inside. x3

Also, learned that <Shift>+<Command>+3 is a quick Print Screen shortcut, and produces pngs! Grab, on the other hand, is harder to access and produces memory-hogging tiffs.


===Applying the Alchemy===
*Compared the new and working MyBrowser structure with the old and current Portable Canvas structure
*Duplicated new structure in old folder and ran it
**Produced a program with no application menu choices and no interface, so it couldn't be closed
**Discovered <Control>+Clicking on the program in the dock, and the <Command>+<Alt>+<Esc> feature
*Realized I had renamed MyBrowser.jar to MyBrowser.zip earlier (because Macs can't open .jar, and are stubborn about limiting extensions to specific applications)
*Now have a running version of Portable Canvas on a Mac! ...which doesn't know how to display Canvas elements


===Handy Mac shortcuts I learned today===
*<Command>+<Alt>+<Esc>
**Displays all running programs, so you can '''kill''' them. =P
*<Command>+<Shift>+3
**Saves a screen shot of the desktop on the desktop, in png format. =D


=Dec 11=

===Accomplishments===
*Got Sokoban demo to work locally
**The local file location is hard-coded at the moment, but changing this shouldn't be hard


= Dec 7 =

===Things tried===
*Received help from mfinkle!
*Tutorial 2 displays the html, but can't load anything in the canvas element.
**"createScene()" not found in the SDK.

===Future notes===
*Include some (working) demos in the SDK.