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Re: using AppKit additions in background threads
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Re: using AppKit additions in background threads


  • Subject: Re: using AppKit additions in background threads
  • From: Chris Hanson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:14:10 -0700

On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Jens Alfke wrote:

> The background tool will need to link against WebKit and AppKit, so it won’t be strictly-speaking ‘background’. You can mark its bundle with a special key (LSBackgroundOnly?) to keep it from showing up in the Dock or getting a menu-bar though.

Just running a tool that links AppKit won't give it an icon and menu bar, especially if you don't put it in a .app wrapper.  However, actually running an NSApplication within the tool will.

  -- Chris

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