[OS X TeX] TeXpad (LaTeX iPad editor app) dev's blog post on Mac OS X appstore sandboxing

[Alain Schremmer]

On Apr 4, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Apr 4, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
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>> On Apr 4, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Richard Koch wrote:
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>>> But the post itself should interest TeX folks. TeXpad has many  
>>> fans, and it
>>> would be a shame to lose it. Sandboxing is also the reason that  
>>> TeXShop has never been
>>> submitted to the app store.
>>
>> Indeed, if "at some point OS X will only run App Store approved  
>> software", where does that leave us? With versions ≤ 9 or Ubuntu?
>>
>> Can we get a petition to Apple? (These days, petitions seem to have  
>> begun to have results---even with Apple.)
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Howdy,
>
> I know we have Dick Koch as an advocate for TeX on Mac with Apple as  
> well as others. I think Apple doesn't want to lose us as users--- 
> even if our numbers are fairly small.

It seems to me that for Koch to have a petition to present to Apple  
could only help his (our) case.

Regards
--schremmer