README.txt -- information on Nyquist for Mac OS X Installation ------------ The simplest way to install and run Nyquist is to get the pre-compiled NyquistIDE application, which includes executables, documentation, and libraries all in one package. When the pre-compiled package is uncompressed, it produces two directories: nyquist NyquistIDE.app You should always keep these together. The nyquist directory initially contains documentation, but when NyquistIDE.app is run, the nyquist folder is also populated with links to the lib and demos folders, which contain example code and more documentation. The symbolic links allow you to easily find these files. You can copy both nyquist and NyquistIDE.app to the /Applications folder if you wish, and you can add NyquistIDE.app to the Dock. You will probably run Nyquist using the NyquistIDE application, but you can also run nyquist from the command line. The executable is located in NyquistIDE.app/Contents/Resources/Java/ny To run from the command line, you will need to set the XLISPPATH environment variable using this command line (if you use the C shell, e.g. csh): setenv XLISPPATH `pwd`/runtime:`pwd`/lib If you use the bash shell, use: export XLISPPATH=`pwd`/runtime:`pwd`/lib Note that this sets XLISPPATH in the environment of the current command line shell. If you exit the shell or switch to another shell, the XLISPPATH variable will not be set. Your shell reads an initialization file when it starts. You can add the XLISPPATH initialization command to this file if you want the variable to be set automatically in every instance of your command line shell. On the topic of the XLISPPATH, note that this variable is set by NyquistIDE when running with that application, overriding any other value. You can extend the search path by creating the file xlisppath in the same directory as the nyquist executable ny. The xlisppath file should have colon-separated paths on a single line of text. You can also build Nyquist from sources, as described below. How To Build Nyquist on Mac OS X -------------------------------- You need to install Xcode, Apple's free software development system for OS X. Xcode 4.3.2 and later ------- The nyquist project for Xcode v4 is in nyquist/macosxproject/nyquist.xcodeproj To build Nyquist or NyquistIDE: - Open nyquist.wxworkspace in Xcode - Set the active target to "Nyquist" or "NyquistIDE" - Click on "build active target" - ny or NyquistIDE will be produced in a temporary folder managed by Xcode. To find the files Right click on the Products/NyquistIDE.app of the project navigator, and select "reveal in finder".