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Script to make and move Emacs.app from homebrew emacs-mac to /Applications so that Spotlight can find it
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# Script to create Emacs.app that will be placed in Applications folder. | |
# This is cobbled together from two sources. All credit to them, unless it | |
# doesn't work, in which case, errors are my fault: | |
# | |
# (1) https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport/blob/master/docs/emacs-start-helpers.md | |
# (2) https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/shell-script-mac-apps | |
# You may need to make the script executable on your machine. In terminal | |
# directory of this script: | |
# $ chmod +x make_emacs_app.sh | |
# (1) create an application that Spotlight will recogize from emacs-mac | |
osacompile -o Emacs.app \ | |
-e "tell application \"Finder\" to open POSIX file \"$(brew --prefix)/opt/emacs-mac/Emacs.app\"" | |
# (2) move to /Applications | |
mv Emacs.app /Applications | |
# NB: To add icons | |
# | |
# 1. Copy Emacs.icns file images from /usr/local/opt/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources | |
# 2. Right-click the Emacs.app file and select “Get Info” | |
# 3. Select the app icon in the top left corner by clicking it once and paste |
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