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akiyosi / goneovim

A GUI frontend for neovim.
MIT License
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Linuxbrew formula #349

Open harjotgill opened 2 years ago

harjotgill commented 2 years ago

Looks like this package is being published as a cask in Homebrew. It would be really great if this package was available as a Formula within Homebrew so that it can be installed on Linux as well. For instance, neovim-qt is available as a Formula in Homebrew, making it really convenient to install on Linux.

hernancerm commented 2 years ago

Agree, I use Homebrew as my package manager for both macOS and Linux

akiyosi commented 2 years ago

Why was this closed? This is a needy request and should be OPEN.

harjotgill commented 2 years ago

Why was this closed? This is a needy request and should be OPEN.

Happy to re-open it.

akiyosi commented 2 years ago

Thanks for this issue. I am not yet familiar with homebrew, but I assume the following.

brew install goneovim // It treats and installs goneovim as a CUI program in Linux and MacOS.

brew install --cask goneovim // This is valid only for MacOS and installs goneovim as a GUI program.

Also, the following formula may be helpful:

formula for neovim-qt

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/85526/files

formula for rust

https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew-core/blob/master/Formula/rust.rb

harjotgill commented 2 years ago

Thanks for this issue. I am not yet familiar with homebrew, but I assume the following.

brew install goneovim // It treats and installs goneovim as a CUI program in Linux and MacOS.

brew install --cask goneovim // This is valid only for MacOS and installs goneovim as a GUI program.

Also, the following formula may be helpful:

formula for neovim-qt

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/85526/files

formula for rust

https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew-core/blob/master/Formula/rust.rb

Your assumption is correct. Casks are macOS applications (mostly GUI) and they are typically launched from Launchpad, Spotlight etc. Formulae are normal packages that are mostly launched from Terminal. They can be CLI/TUI/GUI/Services etc.

E,g, vimr is installed as a brew cask but in addition it provides a script to help launch the application from the terminal.

For vimr, distributing through a cask is ideal as it's closely tied to macOS. On the other hand, goneovim is cross-platform and it's more appropriate for it to use a brew formula recipe instead (or in addition to Cask).