Re: Nib exploded (according to SCM)
Re: Nib exploded (according to SCM)
- Subject: Re: Nib exploded (according to SCM)
- From: Jeff Johnson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:04:11 -0500
On Oct 5, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Jonathan Hess wrote:
On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
Hi David.
I've experienced the same thing. Your nibs were originally created
with Interface Builder 2, right?
There are three different formats: NIB 2.x, NIB 3.x, and XIB 3.x.
Support for NIB 2.x in IB 3.2 is extremely limited at best. IB 3.2
can open them, but it can't save them, it automatically transforms
them into NIB 3.x, and sometimes messes up the nib a bit in the
process. What you're seeing in svn is the switch from NIB 2.x to
NIB 3.x.
Yes, IB 3.2 automatically updates NIBs from the 2.x format to the
3.x format. And the files in the file package of a 3.x NIB file are
different. They only include "keyedobjects.nib", and
"designable.nib", and not "info.nib" and "classes.nib". If it
"sometimes messes up the nib a bit" could you please file a bug
report at bugreport.apple.com? However, I think what you're saying
is just that the contents of the NIB package change on disk. If so,
that's expected.
One thing to watch out for is that the the "development target" of a
NIB 2.x file that's auto-upgraded will be set to IB 3.2, which will
make it only openable on newer version of Interface Builder. You can
reset this to a lower version in the document info panel, which is
reachable from Windows menu.
I think you're pretty much out of luck. My recommendation is to
take the plunge now and switch all of your nibs to xibs. Ideally,
you would do this in IB 3.1 on Leopard instead of IB 3.2 on Snow
Leopard, to avoid new 3.2 regressions.
Switching to XIB files is a great suggesting, they integrate with
SCM systems like Subversion much better. Which new regressions are
you referring to?
Jon Hess
Hi Jon.
I was indeed referring to the "Development Target" problem.
I may have also come across a case where "Wants Core Animation Layer"
got magically set, but I haven't had time to investigate that further
yet.
-Jeff
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