Kstars 3.5.5 error on Mac with case-sensitive file system

[Robert Lancaster]

Oh my, yes thank you for finding that.  Most Mac users don’t have a case sensitive file system including me, unlike Linux users.  So I don’t think I would find that without your help.  Thank you for the contribution!

Rob Lancaster

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> On Oct 31, 2021, at 1:27 AM, Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com> wrote:
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> Thank you for the report and fix Stuart, that was very helpful!
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> Best Regards,
> Jasem Mutlaq
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>> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 7:20 AM stuart at com <stuart at randomuseless.com> wrote:
>> I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this but...
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>> I had a problem with Kstars 3.5.5 on my Macbook.  It would not start at all.  If I right-clicked the icon and selected "Open" it would pause a few seconds then the Apple Crash Report screen would appear.  I wouldn't even get the Kstars splash screen before that happened.  3.5.4 and earlier versions were working before this.
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>> I use the case-sensitive file system option in MacOS and suspected that could be the issue as I've seen that sort of behavior a few times with other apps.  I found that the file...
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>>     /Applications/KStars.app/Contents/Resources/qt.conf
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>> ... has a line: "Plugins = PlugIns".  The actual directory name is "Plugins", not "PlugIns".  After changing it to "Plugins = Plugins", the app starts up just fine.  So it might be useful to change that in future releases for the hand full of people like me that use a case-sensitive file system.
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>> Phil
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