[MacPorts] #34900: mythtv-core.25

[Craig Treleaven]

At 1:23 PM -0700 7/13/12, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
>On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>
>>  At 12:30 PM -0700 7/13/12, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
>>>  On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:22 PM, MacPorts wrote:
>>>
>>>>  #34900: mythtv-core.25
>>>>  Whoops, leftover from testing.  It should be deleted and the line
>>>>  immediately following uncommented.
>>>
>>>  How are these scripts used, is it intended for the user to 
>>>double-click them or are they called by some other method?
>>
>>  User double-click.  Myth_Frontend.app, for example, simply 
>>launches /opt/local/bin/mythfrontend with appropriate parameters 
>>for loglevel, verbosity and logpath.  Plus, the applet icon can be 
>>dragged onto the Dock one-click access.
>>
>>  Myth_Filldatabase.app and Myth_Setup.app are similar but only used 
>>infrequently; often just when Myth is initially installed.
>>
>>  All of these things can still be done from Terminal--the scripts 
>>just simplify and standardize normal operation.  There are a bunch 
>>of other executables that can be run from the command line (like 
>>mythcommflag to identify commercial breaks in recorded TV; or 
>>mythtranscode to re-encode from one AV format to another; etc) but, 
>>in practice, are very seldom used.  Usually they are automatically 
>>initiated by mythbackend or by user selection within mythfrontend.
>>
>>  Myth_Frontend_Logging.app is a bit different.  It changes the 
>>logging parameters stored in the Myth_Frontend.app.  If a user is 
>>experiencing a problem, one of the developers may ask them to 
>>enable detailed logging in a particular area of the program AND 
>>increase the verbosity to 'debug'.  This script is supposed to make 
>>that easier.
>
>The files in your attached zip archive are AppleScript Script files 
>(.scpt). I see you are compiling them to Applications (.app) in the 
>Portfile. I suggest these .scpt files be saved as plain text 
>.applescript files so they are human readable:
>AppleScript Editor -> File -> Save As ... -> File Format: Text
>
>They can still be compiled to Applications in the Portfile, just 
>change the file names to end in .applescript.
>/usr/bin/osacompile -o /path/to/applicationbundle.app /path/to/textfile.txt

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.  I'll change them.

Craig