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ios_system v2.2 Release Notes

Release Date: 2018-12-09 // over 5 years ago

  • 🚀 Release 2.2 of the ios_system libraries:

    Contains a precompiled version of all the libraries and frameworks associated with ios_system:

    https://github.com/holzschu/ios_system
    https://github.com/holzschu/lib-tex
    https://github.com/holzschu/ctags
    https://github.com/holzschu/python_ios
    https://github.com/holzschu/network_ios
    https://github.com/holzschu/lua_ios
    https://github.com/holzschu/bc/

    Three major changes:

    • 👀 we now use frameworks instead of dynamic libraries; apparently naked dynamic libraries are forbidden on the AppStore (see issue #103 in OpenTerm: louisdh/openterm#103 )
    • 🚚 the list of commands and their associated libraries has been moved outside of the source code. So adding new commands can be done without having to recompile the ios_system framework.
    • 🚚 we removed calls to private APIs (there is now an automatic check on app submission).

    Smaller changes:

    🆕 New commands: bc, dc, xargs, say.

    🆕 New global variable: sideLoading. It is supposed to be false if you plan to release through the AppStore, true if you're downloading software to your own device. If false, we load a smaller number of commands and output less debugging information.

    🚚 The command "groups" was removed.

    There are two lists of commands, both of them under Resources: commandDictionary.plist and extraCommandsDictionary.plist. The former is always loaded, the latter only if sideLoading is true.

    Both files have the following format:

     \<key\>chksum\</key\> \<array\> \<string\>files.framework/files\</string\> \<string\>chksum\_main\</string\> \<string\>o:\</string\> \<string\>file\</string\> \</array\>

    As before, 2 versions of pre-compiled binaries available:

    • 🚀 release = iOS_system.framework and all the associated libraries. Useful when you're building an application, like shell, ivim...
    • 🚀 smallRelease = ios_system.framework + openssl.framework + libssh2.framework. Useful when you need to compile a new library.

    The TeX libraries and ctags have not been converted to frameworks, as no application on the AppStore is using them currently. It might change in the future.