I was able to open an old .inform file in the IDE by double-clicking the file itself. I haven’t tried saving it under a new name and then erasing the content so as to start a new game. That may be a usable work-around.
Yes, those seem to have vanished entirely. Bug 1407.
Many of the file-opening options in the Mac app are broken due to “failed entitlements check”. This appears to be a screwup in the sandboxing process needed to get an app into the Mac App Store. The IDE maintainer will have to fix it, but at least all the problems we’re seeing are symptoms of a single bug.
The “Recent items” menu option (or link in the opening dialog) also works.
Jim – I’m having the exact same problem on Mac OS X 10.9.4 – Looks like this is definitely a bug with the current build.
I hope that I didn’t offend anyone by asking about the testing process.
I was a Software Test Lead for a number of years and know it’s a lot of work to put out a release.
The question was more one of professional curiosity.
Didn’t see you ask.
I know the core I7 compiler has a large test suite, although it hasn’t been posted.
The I6 compiler doesn’t have a test system, but it hasn’t changed much since I7 began, and I try to write tests for any changes that we do make.
For the IDEs, it’s up to the individual maintainers.
If the Mac IDE developer would like some assistance in testing the Mac IDE, I’d be happy to help.
Just send me a message.
I have installed the new version and have the same problem reported above:
-Neither File - Install Extension… nor File - Show Extensions Folder are working. No dialog box comes up. I have an extensions folder, but apparently no way to tell it where it is.
I am on OS/X 10.9.4 and have rebooted to no avail.
Any fix or workarounds?
Thanks much
–Zack
Rebooting or reinstalling the app won’t help.
You can manually add files to the Extensions folder (by dragging them in the Finder). You can open projects by double-clicking. (If you have multiple versions of I7 installed, you can drag the project icon onto a particular app icon.) To create a new project, I guess you can create it with 6L02 and then re-open it with 6L38.
It may be possible to create a hybrid app by copying the 6L38 “ni” binary into a copy of the 6L02 IDE. I haven’t tried this.
EDIT-ADD: Okay, I’ve tried it. Doesn’t work. I may be able to hack something up though.
Yeah this is broken. The story tab gets invalidated on a successful compile and the right pane never shows. Something is fishy.
It’s working great for me on Windows XP. Thanks DavidK.
I’m windows 8.1.
I’m running 8.1 as well. On compile, the left-side story tab is disabled…the right side comes up fine however and seems to work as normal.
Relatedly, where is this “Public Library” for extensions I’ve heard so much about?
And do we still submit extensions to i7@smallwhitehouse.org ?
So nevermind on the 6L38 brokenness…this is something I did to my Windows environment because all versions of I7 are the same screwed up way.
Are you sure that you haven’t got the splitter bar dragged all the way across the window so that the right-hand pane isn’t visible? Try dragging it back first. The story tab behaviour is as it’s always been: it can only be shown on one side or the other, not both. When you compile, it will be shown in the right-hand pane, so it’s disabled in the left-hand one.
As noted above, this is by design: if you’ve got the story tab showing on the right, it’s disabled on the left, and vice versa.
Go to the Extensions tab, then click “Public Library”.
That was probably it, but it somehow repaired itself before I got a chance to test it. I re-installed, still “broken”, ran it like 3 times, closed some stuff on my machine, then opened it and it was fine. It was probably the splitter, but I have an HD laptop and Windows is a work-in-progress in supporting it, so it could have been that too.