To recompile the engine, we first have to...

[tperry2x]

As far as I understand it (please correct me if I'm wrong)...
To build a new version of the engine for OXT, we first need to resolve the issues with:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp.git/

Which I've forked to keep a copy:
https://github.com/tperry2x-uk/gyp

This is because:

LiveCode uses the gyp (Generate Your Projects) tool to generate platform-specific project files. It can generate xcodeproj files for Xcode on Mac, vcproj files for Microsoft Visual Studio, and makefiles for compiling on Linux.

info: https://github.com/livecode/livecode/bl ... /README.md