The Info.plist template shipped LSMinimumSystemVersion=12.3.0, but
the CMake build embedded the host SDK's deployment target (minos
26.0 on recent build machines) into the binary's LC_BUILD_VERSION.
Launch Services relies on the binary's minos, not the plist, so it
refused to launch the app on macOS < 26 even though it ran fine
when invoked directly.
- Set CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=14.0 explicitly in the cmake
configure step, matching the real minimum imposed by the
Homebrew Qt6 toolchain used for this build.
- Sync misc/Info.plist's LSMinimumSystemVersion to 14.0.0, and have
MacQetDeploy_arm64_cmake.sh set it via PlistBuddy at bundle
install time so it can't drift from the build target again.
Reported-by: guillaume.ruivo (forum)
On macOS, 3DxWare installs a driver extension that takes the 3D mouse
over. With it installed, HidBackend opens the device but receives
nothing, so the mouse did nothing in QElectroTech until 3DxWare was
uninstalled (discussion #599, PR #1028). Most Mac owners of a 3D mouse
have 3DxWare installed.
ConnexionBackend asks 3DxWare for the motion instead, through
3DconnexionClient.framework, as Blender does. SpaceMouseListener tries
it first. When 3DxWare is not installed, or is installed but its driver
is not running, it falls back to HidBackend, so the device works in
both setups. Take-over mode stops 3DxWare's own actions in QET, so the
view does not move twice.
The library is loaded at run time from where 3DxWare installs it:
nothing is linked or bundled, and the build needs no SDK. The few
declarations are written here, from Blender's
GHOST_NDOFManagerCocoa.mm, because 3Dconnexion's SDK headers may not be
redistributed. 3DxWare's axes are y up and z away from the user; they
are mapped to QET's raw USB convention by comparing Blender's 3DxWare
and spacenavd code paths.
The release script signs with the hardened runtime, which refuses a
library another team signed. misc/qelectrotech.entitlements adds
com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation (Blender's notarized
build carries the same one), and MacQetDeploy_arm64_cmake.sh now passes
it to all four signings of the app, including the re-sign inside the
DMG.
Tested: tst_spacemouseconnexion runs the backend on every platform
against fakeconnexion, a stand-in library that answers from its own
thread as 3DxWare does: registration, the axis mapping, buttons, other
clients' messages, 3DxWare not installed or not running, deletion
with a message in flight. Flipping an axis sign or dropping the client
check turns it red. realLibrary() loads the real framework when
3DxWare is installed. Linux Qt 6 build with the 3D mouse enabled: all
18 tests pass.
Not tested: on a Mac with a real device. The axis signs and whether
buttons arrive as a bitmask with current 3DxWare are unverified.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Standard buttons (OK/Cancel) and dialogs are translated by qtbase_XX.qm,
which macdeployqt does not deploy. QETApp::setLanguage() falls back to
lang/qt_XX.qm, so copy each qtbase_XX.qm there, with aliases for QET
languages Qt only ships with a region (pt -> pt_PT, zh -> zh_CN).
macdeployqt kept /opt/homebrew paths (e.g. libbrotlicommon's install id).
Rewrite them to @rpath/libX.dylib, copying the library into Frameworks
if needed, over 3 passes to handle chained dependencies.
Recent Homebrew bottles (brotli, webp, sharpyuv) reference their deps as
@rpath/libX.dylib, which macdeployqt skips. Copy them from /opt/homebrew/lib
into Contents/Frameworks after macdeployqt, and abort if any @rpath or
/opt/homebrew reference remains unresolved. Drop the ineffective -libpath.
lang1/ was a leftover from the pre-Qt6 translation pipeline.
Qt6/CMake now produces all .qm files directly into lang/, which
is already copied above, making this step dead code.
Laurent Trinques