developing on mac

[rlimberger]

hi,

newbie here. i want to start developing for PSP on mac and i have some simple questions:

* once i have compiled my program, how do i get it onto my psp, where does it go, how do i run it?
* is there a simple GUI toolki/library i can use or is there no higher level GUI api at the moment?
* is there an emulator for the mac, or can i only run directly on psp?

thanks a lot,
-r

[Wally]

1. What sort of Developing are you talking about? the program is compiled into an eboot form providing that you have told the makefile everything (use a sample makefile provided with the toolchain (Located in /usr/local/pspdev/psp/sdk/samples) If its LUA then do w/e you do with LUA


2. Use Xcode for development (Provided with OSX On the 2nd CD, install everything with that) alternatively textedit or terminal tools (Pico, nano vi etc)

3. You can use PSPlink to run programs directly from the computer but thats another story.

[rlimberger]

thanks for the reply.

basically, i am trying to write an application that edits some parameters on a microcontroller project. we have used psion pda's in the past, bu these are hard to get now, so we wanted to try the PSP.

the application talks to the microcontroller via serial, and presents a simple GUI that lists a bunch of params (strings, floats, ints, etc). the user can select one or more params and edit them. once the change has been made, the new dataset is uploaded to the MC again. nothing spectacular. this is for model airplanes, btw.

i am not clear on how the compiled program actually get's on the psp? via usb? or flash? will it "show up" in the stock main sony menu?

i don't want to write a whole lot of GUI code. was hoping there is a pretty simple library that let's me pop up some menu's, show a pull down, combo box, etc. much like TK, QT, etc. is there such a thing for the psp?

are there "tutorials" that show the whole pipeline, begining to end?

thanks a lot,
-r

[Wally]

The program will need to be put into PSP/GAME/programname folder on the PSP Which is mounted by the USB mode and put onto the desktop as a removable drive.

Then it will show up in the Game/ Memory Stick menu at the first entry..


Not too sure about tutorials, im sure others know.