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Re: Conditional compiling [message #51366 is a reply to message #51365]

Fri, 15 March 2019 23:04

Klugier
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Registered: September 2012
Location: Poland, Kraków

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Hello,

It seems that for the UI applications Mirek is using PLATFORM_COCOA. Here is part of TheIDE that creates macOS global menu (ide/idebar.cpp - line 879):

void Ide::SetMenuBar()
{
#ifdef PLATFORM_COCOA
	SetMainMenu(THISBACK(MainMenu));
	menubar.Hide();
#else
	menubar.Set(THISBACK(MainMenu));
#endif
}

However, it is only true if Cocoa back-end is enable (currently default and the most advanced one for macOS). So, you can not relay on this flag for your console applications.

In the Core/config.h file there are following platform definitions that are equal on macOS:

			#define PLATFORM_MACOS 1
			#define PLATFORM_OSX 1

The above declaration are good to check for platform in low level code that doesn't require UI elements. Currently, I would prefer PLATFORM_MACOS over PLATFORM_OSX, because it agrees with current Apple naming convention for their desktop operating system. MAC OS X naming was abandon in 2016. Also, please notice that macOS is POSIX platform, so in most non UI cases you should relay on PLATFORM_POSIX flag.

Sincerely,
Klugier

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[Updated on: Fri, 15 March 2019 23:08]

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