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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? If possible, would you consider buying OS X for a non Mac computer? Post 302286868 by Neo on Thursday 12th of February 2009 07:00:12 AM

02-12-2009

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Here is a bit of follow-up:

Let's take MAMP for example. Here is a quote directly from the MAMP users guide:

Quote:

1.1.2**Installation process

Download the MAMP PRO disc image from MAMP: Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP. Open the image and drag MAMP PRO into your Applications folder.
Note:**You need administrator permissions to install MAMP PRO!
If MAMP has not been installed yet, please download and install it. The MAMP, too, has to be installed in your Applications folder!

As you can see, there is no direction for installing via the command line. The installation is a GUI drag-and-drop.

Please correct me if I am am wrong. Why does the MAMP install guides only discuss a GUI drag-and-drop installation?

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xmdragstart

XmDragStart(library call)												 XmDragStart(library call)

NAME

       XmDragStart -- A Drag and Drop function that initiates a drag and drop transaction

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/DragDrop.h>
       Widget XmDragStart(
       Widget widget,
       XEvent *event,
       ArgList arglist,
       Cardinal argcount);

DESCRIPTION

       XmDragStart  initiates  a  drag operation. This routine returns the DragContext widget that it initializes for the associated drag transac-
       tion. The toolkit is responsible for freeing the DragContext when the drag and drop transaction is complete.

       widget	 Specifies the ID of the smallest widget and/or gadget that encloses the source elements selected for a drag operation.

       event	 Specifies the XEvent that triggered the drag operation. This event must be a ButtonPress event.

       arglist	 Specifies the argument list. Any XmDragContext resources not specified in the argument list are obtained from the resource  data-
		 base or are set to their default values.

       argcount  Specifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist)

       For a complete definition of DragContext and its associated resources, see XmDragContext(3).

RETURN

       Returns the ID of the DragContext widget that controls this drag and drop transaction.  Returns NULL if the drag cannot be initiated.

RELATED

       XmDragCancel(3) and XmDragContext(3).

															 XmDragStart(library call)