DiType on Mac OS X
Installation
The installation package is a disk image (dmg) ditype-<VERSION>.dmg and contains the following:
ditype-framework-<VERSION>.pkg - DiType framework, startup service and the command line installation package;
actitype-app-<VERSION>.pkg - ActiType application installation package;
assistant-app-<VERSION>.pkg - DiTypeAssistant application installation package.
uninstall-ditype.sh - DiType framework uninstaller
Double click on the *.pkg to launch the installer.
You must have the root access to install DiType framework. It isn't relocatable and will be installed to /Library/Frameworks/DiType.framework (see Appearance for details). If you restart your computer after installation, DiType will start automatically, or you can run it from the command line sudo /Library/StartupItems/DiType/DiType start without restarting.
Applications can be installed to any location and don't require root access.
Appearance
Command line client
/usr/local/bin/ditype - DiType command line client to format documents. Run /usr/local/bin/ditype -h to get help for command line options and usage.
DiType's startup service
/Library/StartupItems/DiType - DiType startup service. Contains:
DiType - startup script. Takes one command line argument - what to do - start|stop|restart.
StartupParameters.plist - startup service description.
DiType services starts on each system startup. To disable this service, add the DITYPESERVER=-NO- environment variable in /etc/hostconfig.
DiType framework
/Library/Frameworks/DiType.framework - DiType framework, Contains:
Configuration - DiType configuration files;
Common - DiType code, XSL styles, fonts, hyphenation tables, runtime environment;
Commands - command line tools to start and control DiType server, and the command line client;
Documentation - documentation;
Examples - XSL FO examples;
Libraries - libraries for various programming languages to build DiType in your application;
Applications
There are two applications in the distributive - ActiType and DiTypeAssistant. The applications will be installed in the installation directory you choose (in /Applications by default) as Mac OS X application bundles, ActiType.app and DiTypeAssistant.app.
Running DiType server
ditype-server script in /Library/Frameworks/DiType.framework/Commands directory provides DiType server control and takes one command line argument start|kill|shutdown.
start - starts DiType server
shutdown - schedule DiType server to shut down after the last client has finished its work;
kill - immediately shuts down the server.
Uninstalling
Any of the applications can be uninstalled by removing its bundle. To uninstall DiType, run uninstall-ditype.sh script from the installation package from command line. You will be asked for confirmation to remove /usr/local/bin/ditype, '/Library/StartupItems/DiType and /Library/Frameworks/DiType.framework`. You need the root access to do it.