On 1/30/06, Martin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I managed to modify the script that starts the OSX version of the Gimp and > package it up with Platypus. That was fairly straight forward. The script > starts X for you if it's not running and then execute's whatever it was > you were wanting (in my case Quanta+). > > An easier way is to drag the icon for X11 onto the dock and then customise > the menu for that (there is an option if you right click on the icon to > add extra items to the menu - just add /sw/bin/whatever to it). > > I've also done that too for other stuff like KStars. > > Martin. > > On Mon, January 30, 2006 13:31, Brian Durant said: > > Is it possible to create links/ aliases for terminal commands, like > > to fink, and put them in the OS X dock? Fink Commander, I believe is > > a Cocoa GUI for Fink? I was thinking of certain Fink commands (like > > 'fink self-update) or other terminal commands that are run on a > > regular basis like in my case 'open-x11 stardict'. I could imagine > > that it could be used for opening up OpenOffice.org and other X11 > > programs as well. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > > >
XDroplets is another option to generate clickable .app files. It's less versatile than Platypus, but works well to generate apps "on the fly" if you know the command to run, the arguments to pass, environment variables to set, etc. And by the way, Fink's OpenOffice.org comes with a clickable .app (in /sw/Applications and symlinked in /Applications/Fink) -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
