diff of changes to CMakeLists.txt to make mattext compile on Mavericks needs argp-standalone from homebrew ; and you most likely need to change the paths to homebrew

mattext_on_Mavericks.diff

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75b6077..d969bc3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
   
   include_directories(/opt/homebrew/include)
   link_directories(/opt/homebrew/lib)
-  set(TARGET_LIBS argp)
 endif()
 
 find_package(Curses)
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ if(CURSES_NCURSES_LIBRARY MATCHES NOTFOUND)
 endif()
 
 #use widechar ncurses library
-string(REPLACE "s." "sw." CURSES_NCURSES_LIBRARY "${CURSES_NCURSES_LIBRARY}")
+# string(REPLACE "s." "sw." CURSES_NCURSES_LIBRARY "${CURSES_NCURSES_LIBRARY}")
 
 set(TARGET_LIBS ${TARGET_LIBS} ${CURSES_NCURSES_LIBRARY})
 include_directories(${CURSES_INCLUDE_PATH})
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
   -Wuninitialized
   -Winit-self
   -Wtype-limits
-  -Wclobbered
   -Wempty-body
 )
 #make clang just ignore unknown options
@@ -59,6 +57,7 @@ add_executable(${TARGET} ${${TARGET}_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET}
   ${TARGET_LIBS}
+  argp
 )
 
 #compress manpage