i posted something like this several months ago:

http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/Launcher_-_Developer

these are applescript programs that open
openoffice.org into whichever program you desire. they
are based on the applescript found in the .app file. 

-j

--- Mox Soini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Shaun,
> 
> Thanks for testing.
> 
> Unfortunately the current way of showing the running
> icons in dock does not
> make it easy to know which OOo app is running. After
> all, they still are
> sharing all the code and running from the same
> binary.
> 
> So maybe we could document this "feature" for users
> :)
> 
> If we can find a way make soffice.bin into
> swriter.bin, scalc.bin etc. and
> that is working, then we can fix the issue you
> mentioned.
> 
> Aqua version will not have this icon problem, If we
> can find a way to run
> separate apps with it
> 
>        Mox
> 
> On 1/4/07, Shaun McDonald
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mox,
> > On 4 Jan 2007, at 19:55, Mox Soini wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have created a way to use OpenOffice.org as
> separate applications
> > > in Mac
> > > OS X.
> > :-)
> > That will please a lot of users!
> >
> > >
> > > This is currently a prototype, to gather some
> feedback.
> > >
> > Great
> >
> > > It is easy to test it, you'll need an existing
> OpenOffice.org X11
> > > installation for Mac OS X
> > > [..]
> > Done
> > > Enjoy the separate applications by running them
> from
> > > /Applications/OpenOffice.org 2
> > >
> > And it works, except for one thing, for example:
> > * Start Writer
> > * Start Calc
> > * Close Writer document
> > (The Writer.app doesn't quit)
> > * Quit ooo
> > (Both the Writer.app and Calc.app quit and
> dissappear from the dock)
> >
> > This is the only thing that will confuse users.
> >
> > Shaun
> >
> > >      Mox
> > >
> > > PS. for developers: this is just user stuff, no
> real code
> > > separation has
> > > been done.
> >
> > [ooo2.3?]
> > --
> >
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