Duncan McQueen

AFAIK, Mac isn't based on Linux but its core has similar ideological
underpinnings....

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Duncan McQueen <dwmcqueen (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> As far as changing parameters to EAs - click on it and hit your F2 button.
> It should allow you to change it.
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Branislav Karic <bbranac (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> Codewavers is still alive and kicking :-), I simply clicked on that link you
>> posted in your message and their web site came up in a sec.
>> They have a Crossover for Mac too. Now, I have been running MT4 on Linux
>> without problems, had to copy two dlls from Windows machine, that Wine
>> doesn't have, and few fonts also, and after that MT4 starts and runs as it
>> does under Windows. There is a small issue though, with setting parameters'
>> values for indicators, you can't do it from a dialog box for some reason,
>> the only way is to change them directly in the source code of an indicator
>> or EA.
>>
>> I don't have any experience with MAC but if you say that it's based on Linux
>> than I guess you can go ahead and install MT4 using wine, or Crossover for
>> MAC which probably has more capabilities.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ben
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Charles Wilkes <cfw123 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Now that I have my new IMac running with a little more knowledge on my
>>> part (read some books on how to convert to a Mac from a PC), I really
>>> (repeat "really") like it -- my son was absolutely correct in making the
>>> switch. As a retired IBM Researcher, I had raised him on PCs (he is now an
>>> MD), but now he has converted me to the Mac -- never thought it would
>>> happen.
>>>
>>> The Mac is based on Linux, which was it's origin in history. Wine was a
>>> way to run Windows on Linux, which once Mac went to the Intel processor,
>>> became possible to use to run "some" PC applications direct on a Mac without
>>> an emulator, dual boot, or whatever. This interests me very much since the
>>> only PC application I will be running is MT4, as I will have Mac
>>> applications covering everything else I do, which is mostly email anyway.
>>> But Wine was produced by CodeWeavers, which at least used to be at
>>> www.codeweavers.com and is still reported to be at that site by Google.
>>> However it just won't come up on the Internet, and I wonder if they are
>>> still in business.
>>>
>>> Does anyone here know if they still exist? I would sure like to check
>>> out MT4 on Wine, as it would be a big help in my total conversion to Mac.
>>> Since you say MT4 should run on Linux (server problem but not client
>>> problem?), there is a real possibility that it would run under Wine -- if I
>>> could find it, or get a copy of it (I always pay for software if it is for
>>> sale -- I don't run bootleg software). I know I could run PC
>>> programs under a VM virtual machine, or via a dual boot, but would prefer to
>>> go totally on the Mac if possible, reserving running real PC code only if no
>>> other choice.
>>>
>>> Charles Wilkes
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Eben Brand <eben.brand (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>
>>>> Not sure if it's been said before, but you can also run Windows in a
>>>> Virtual
>>>> Machine on Mac OS. I am considering something like that for when I
>>>> finally
>>>> go live, except it will be on Linux on Normal PC Intel platform - Linux
>>>> to
>>>> give me security while connected to the internet, as well as stability,
>>>> and
>>>> then a virtual machine with XP, with Metatrader on XP. Would be
>>>> interesting
>>>> to see if anybody else has attempted this - theoretically it should work.
>>>>
>>>> I see on another list that some people are running simple EAs on MT
>>>> client
>>>> directly on Linux, within Wine, but seemingly there are also some issues,
>>>> some ppl have found, although it seems to relate to MT server, not
>>>> client.
>>>> It's worth a shot getting off MS Oss... I have a rule that I don't want
>>>> to
>>>> run anything mission critical on a Windows platform - just not solid
>>>> enough,
>>>> I mean, for example - I set up my machines to let me know when there are
>>>> updates - I then control WHEN and HOW I download and install, AND which
>>>> updates. One day I got home, the PC was on, but none of my terminals were
>>>> running - I also then saw that what Bill thought was a CRITICAL update,
>>>> was
>>>> worth re-booting my machine for... without my knowledge, or approval.
>>>> That
>>>> really annoyed me. I know, I can add the terminal shortcuts to the
>>>> startup
>>>> folder, but still - it could affect a few trades if the system is down
>>>> for
>>>> some time, esp some of the scalping type EAs.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Eben
>>>>
>>>> From: 4XONTARIO (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com [mailto:4XONTARIO (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Charles Wilkes
>>>> Sent: 23 July 2008 03:50 PM
>>>> To: 4XONTARIO (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
>>>> Subject: Re: [4XONTARIO] Queston re MT4
>>>>
>>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>