INSTALL.MacOS

0.
You need subversion with ssl support (available on subversion.tigris.org) in order to download Magnus from sourceforge repository.
Note: I could not install svn with ssl using Fink, so I advice to use a Fink-independent version listed on the Subversion download page.

1.
To compile Magnus you'll need XCode from connect.apple.com
You don't need it to run precompiled version of Magnus

2.
(this step is needed to install X11, if you plan to use TclTkAqua, there is no need to install X11)
For Mac OS 10.3 download X11User.pkg from
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty1.pl/product=02232&cat=1&platform=osx&method=sa/X11User.dmg

For 10.4 it is available on the installation DVD in extra software package.

Install it, if you decided to use X11-tcl/tk

3.
At this point you can attempt item 7(compilation), on my computer make was not available at this point, so I had to install Fink
Fink is a set of unix-style tools for Mac (like Cygwin for Windows),
you can get it from:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php?phpLang=en

note that different versions of Mac OS require different versions of Fink.

4.
FinkCommander - is a user friendly interface to Fink's package
management, it is available as a separate binary in the Fink package or you can get a more recent version from

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/finkcommander/FinkCommander_0.5.4.dmg.gz?download

It does not have an installer, just copy FinkCommander from the
package to /Applications (worked for me).

5.
After that run FinkCommander and install make.

6.
Either download and install TclTkAqua or use Fink to install X11-Tcl/Tk, in the latter case you need X11 mentioned above.

7. (Compilation)
The most recent version of Magnus can be obtained from the Subversion repository (using Subversion, can also be installed using FinkCommander, you need the one with SSL support):

https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/magnus/trunk/magnus

then start X11 and from X11 terminal run
> ./configure

Here both Linux and BSD work for Mac OS
path to tcl has to be /usr/bin/wish for TclTkAqua or /sw/bin/wish for X11-Tcl/Tk.
For all other options defaults are ok.

then
> make
> cd front_end
> ./magnus

have fun!