Building QScintilla framework on macOS

By default, dynamic libraries files(.dylib) are generated after building the QScintilla project. For Qt libraries are built in form of frameworks by default, we will creating QScintilla framework here.

Modify Qt4Qt5/qscintilla.pro

Change the line:

CONFIG += qt warn_off release thread exceptions

to:

CONFIG += qt warn_off release thread exceptions lib_bundle

Build and install

/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/bin/qmake # Qt is located in /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7

make

make install

cp -f -R /path/to/src/Qt4Qt5/Qsci /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/include/

cp -f /path/to/src/Qt4Qt5/qscintilla_cs.qm /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/translations/

cp -f /path/to/src/Qt4Qt5/qscintilla_de.qm /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/translations/

cp -f /path/to/srcqscintilla_es.qm /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/translations/

cp -f /path/to/src/Qt4Qt5/qscintilla_fr.qm /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/translations/

cp -f /path/to/src/Qt4Qt5/qscintilla_pt_br.qm /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/translations/

cp -f -R /path/to/srcqsci /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/

rm -f -r "/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/qscintilla2.framework"

cp -f -R "qscintilla2.framework" "/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/qscintilla2.framework"

cp -f /path/to/srcQt4Qt5/features/qscintilla2.prf /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/mkspecs/features/

Build example-Qt4Qt5

Because we have built qscintilla2.framework, not qscintilla2.dylib，it is required to change applicatioin.pro：

CONFIG += release qscintilla2

macx {

   QMAKE_POST_LINK = install_name_tool -change libqscintilla2.12.dylib $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libqscintilla2.12.dylib $(TARGET)

}

HEADERS = mainwindow.h

SOURCES = main.cpp mainwindow.cpp

RESOURCES = application.qrc

to:

CONFIG += release

macx {

LIBS += -framework qscintilla2

}

HEADERS = mainwindow.h

SOURCES = main.cpp mainwindow.cpp

RESOURCES = application.qrc

then, we compile：

/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/bin/qmake

make

Run the program：

open application.app

We encounter error：

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Users/frankshong/Studio/Qt/3rd_party/QScintilla/QScintillaQt4/example-Qt4Qt5/application.app.

View dependencies with otool -L

otool -L application.app/Contents/MacOS/application

application.app/Contents/MacOS/application:

qscintilla2.framework/Versions/12/qscintilla2 (compatibility version 12.0.0, current version 12.0.0)

/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/4/QtGui (compatibility version 4.8.0, current version 4.8.7)

/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/4/QtCore (compatibility version 4.8.0, current version 4.8.7)

/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 104.1.0)

/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1213.0.0)

/usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 283.0.0)

By default, OS X searches framework in /Library/Frameworks, but qscintilla2.framework is located in Qt directory. So we must specify the path.

Change library path with nstall_name_tool

install_name_tool -change qscintilla2.framework/Versions/12/qscintilla2 /usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/qscintilla2.framework/Versions/12/qscintilla2 application.app/Contents/MacOS/application

View depencies again：

otool -L application.app/Contents/MacOS/application

application.app/Contents/MacOS/application:

/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/qscintilla2.framework/Versions/12/qscintilla2 (compatibility version 12.0.0, current version 12.0.0)

/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/4/QtGui (compatibility version 4.8.0, current version 4.8.7)

/usr/local/Qt/4.8.7/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/4/QtCore (compatibility version 4.8.0, current version 4.8.7)

/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 104.1.0)

/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1213.0.0)

/usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 283.0.0)

All right. Now we run：

open application.app

To deploy the program, run：

macdeployqt application.app