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  15 <h1>Platform Details: Mac</h1>
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  17 <p>
  18 Although Native Client modules are platform independent,
  19 the instructions for installing and building Native Client
  20 differ a bit between platforms.
  21 This page has details about the Mac environment.
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  24 <p>
  25 For instructions on installing and using Native Client,
  26 see <a href="getting_started.html">Getting Started</a>.
  27 That page and others,
  28 such as <a href="building.html">Building Native Client</a>,
  29 link to this page as needed.
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  36 <ul>
  37 <li><a href="#testedconfigs">Tested configurations</a> </li>
  38 <li> <a href="#run">Running on Mac</a>
  39   <ul>
  40   <li><a href="#run-python">Getting Python</a> </li>
  41   <li><a href="#run-pythonpath">Checking the Python path</a> </li>
  42   </ul></li>
  43 <li> <a href="#dev">Developing on Mac</a>
  44   <ul>
  45   <li><a href="#dev-env">Setting up your development environment</a></li>
  46   </ul></li>
  47 </ul>
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  49 <h2> <a name="testedconfigs" id="testedconfigs"> </a> Tested configurations </h2>
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  51 <p>
  52 Native Client has been tested with the following Mac configurations:
  53 </p>
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  55 <ul>
  56 <li> OS
  57   <ul>
  58   <li> Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) </li>
  59   </ul></li>
  60 <li> Browser
  61   <ul>
  62   <li> Firefox 3 </li>
  63   </ul> </li>
  64 <li> Python
  65   <ul>
  66   <li> 2.5 </li>
  67   </ul> </li>
  68 <li> Development environment
  69   <ul>
  70   <li> Xcode 3.* </li>
  71   </ul> </li>
  72 </ul>
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  74 <p>
  75 The following browsers are partially supported on Mac:
  76 </p>
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  78 <ul>
  79 <li> Camino: Appears to work but has had minimal testing. </li>
  80 <li> Firefox 2: We <em>strongly</em> encourage you to upgrade
  81      to Firefox 3.
  82      On Firefox 2, control, command and alt keys are not enabled
  83      in Native Client
  84      due to an eavesdropping vulnerability.<br>
  85      <b>Note:</b> The control key is used
  86      for firing weapons in Quake. </li>
  87 <li> Safari: Mouse events don't work. </li>
  88 </ul>
  89
  90 <h2><a name="run" id="run"> </a> Running on Mac </h2>
  91
  92 <h3><a name="run-python" id="run-python"> </a> Getting Python </h3>
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  94 <p>
  95 Python 2.5 is included in Mac OS X 10.5.
  96 You can download other versions of Python from
  97 <a href="http://www.python.org/download/">http://www.python.org/download/</a>.
  98 </p>
  99
 100 <h3><a name="run-pythonpath" id="run-pythonpath"> </a> Checking the Python path </h3>
 101
 102 <p>
 103 The path to <code>python</code> must have <b>no spaces</b>.
 104 You can use the <code>which</code> command
 105 to see the path:
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 107
 108 <pre>
 109 $ <kbd>which python</kbd>
 110 /usr/bin/python
 111 </pre>
 112
 113
 114 <h2><a name="dev"> </a> Developing on Mac </h2>
 115
 116 <h3><a name="dev-env" id="dev-env"> </a> Setting up your development environment </h3>
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 118 <p>
 119 If you don't already have Xcode, download it.
 120 For details, see
 121 <a href="http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode">http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode</a>.</li>
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