Re: gnumeric natively on Mac OSX

[Frédéric Parrenin <parrenin ujf-grenoble fr>]

Actually I am realizing that the gimp version running on OSX is based on gtk2 so it might not be so easy with gnumeric-1.12 and gtk3.

Anyway, meanwhile, it would be good to list on gnumeric's website the 'not so easy' ways to install gnumeric on osx via fink, macports or homebrew.

Best regards,

Frédéric

2014-12-12 23:36 GMT+01:00 Frédéric Parrenin <parrenin ujf-grenoble fr>:

Dear all,

Gnumeric is now a great tool for science, with efficient and accurate sheet calculations and capable graphing capabilities.

As a scientist, I would like very much to see it running natively on Mac OSX.

Many scientists are now using OSX and if gnumeric was easy to install and run on those systems, I am sure it would have a large success.

Other gtk+ applications, like gimp, have been ported to run natively on OSX so if I understand correctly, there is no big obstacle to do the same for gnumeric.

What could be our strategy for this port to occur?
Should we contact gtk-osx experts and ask them?

On my side, I don't have enough skills/time to do it by myself but I might be able to provide a new mac computer for somebody wanting to tackle this issue. Please contact me in this case.

Best regards,

Frédéric