rdmbair15m5-changelog-20260822-1449-compiled-and-launched-aristaterminal-app

Compiled and launched the native macOS SwiftUI & Metal Arista Terminal application (AristaTerminal.app / rdAristaTerminal-app_082226) into a standalone Mach-O 64-bit arm64 application bundle with real-time eAPI telemetry and Kitty Graphics Protocol blitting.

Scope

• Host: rdmbair15m5 (Apple M5 · macOS 27.0)
• Directory: ~/dev/agy/terminal_arista/, ~/Desktop/, ~/Desktop/agy/

Exact files created / updated

• /Users/richh/dev/agy/terminal_arista/main.swift (Swift 6 SwiftUI application architecture)
• /Users/richh/dev/agy/terminal_arista/AristaTerminal.app/ (Compiled native macOS application bundle)
• /Users/richh/Desktop/AristaTerminal.app & /Users/richh/Desktop/agy/AristaTerminal.app (Mirrored to Desktop)

Key Technical Systems Addressed

1. Native SwiftUI Application: Built with swiftc -O -parse-as-library -target arm64-apple-macos14.0 -framework SwiftUI -framework AppKit.
2. Mach-O 64-bit arm64: Verified standalone binary execution.
3. Live Desktop Launch: Launched AristaTerminal.app directly on macOS desktop session (PID 18892).

Verification Evidence

• ps aux | grep AristaTerminal confirms active running process.