Re: MacOS X App Bundle

[c.]

On 25 Jun 2012, at 01:00, address@hidden wrote:

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> From: Thomas Yengst <address@hidden>
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> On Jun 24, 2012, at 10:00 AM, address@hidden wrote:
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>> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:51:27 -0400
>> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
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>> Subject: MacOS X App Bundle
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>> I've added a page to the wiki describing my approach to using MacPorts to 
>> produce a bundle for MacOS X.
>> 
>>      
>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Create_a_MacOS_X_App_Bundle_Using_MacPorts
>> 
>> I've also placed a copy of my latest attempt in my DropBox.  The link is 
>> below for anyone who would like to try it out (pls report back).  This 
>> version is build from the developers sources (not from released sources).
>> 
>>      https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14845154/Octave-X86_64-3.7.0%2B.dmg
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Ben - nice set of instructions. I didn't try them all, but the process was 
> easy to follow and seems to navigate the subtleties of OS-X.
> 
> Macbook Pro 10.6.8 Core-2 Duo 2.5 GHz
> 64-bit enabled
> 4 GB RAM
> MacPorts base version 2.1.1 downloaded and upgraded before trying Octave 3.7.0
> No Fink
> No Homebrew
> Xcode 4.2
> 
> ran Octave 3.7.0 from within the DMG file (i.e., didn't copy to the hard 
> drive) - no luck; all menus were grayed out. Hard to say what it was waiting 
> for; as the Activity Monitor showed only 7 MB of RAM (5 threads) being used 
> and 0.1% CPU.
> 
> Copied to a folder (2 GB worth) - same response. No octave shell opens.
> I clobbered my .octaverc, but not change in behaviour
> 
> let me know what I can do help diagnose the problem.
> 
> Tom


Ben,

Very nice instructions! 
Looking at them made me wonder: once we have a binary installer created by 
macports as you described, 
do we really need an app bundle greated with Platypus?
Can't we just create an AppleScript script and save it as an exectable?
The istructions to do this would be as follows:

- Open the "AppleScript Editor" application
- write the following text in the editor window:

tell application "Terminal"
  do script "/path/to/octave; exit"
end tell

- Select "Save as ..." from the "File" menu
- In the menu that appears, select "Application" from the "File format" menu, 
  then navigate to the "Applications" folder and save your script there as 
"Octave.app"


To change the application icon 
- Open "http://www.octave.org/wiki/images/9/96/Icon.png"; in a web browser, 
right-click an select "copy image"
- Select "Octave.app" in the Finder, then press command-i to bring up the file 
info dialog
- In the file info dialog select the icon and press command-v to paste the 
Octave icon over it

We could even distribute a pre-built app as in the attachment, whta do you 
think?
Is it worth adding this alternative procedure to the wiki page?

c.

Octave.app.zip
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