Re: Run X11 apps from Applescript - works no longer in Tiger?
Re: Run X11 apps from Applescript - works no longer in Tiger?
- Subject: Re: Run X11 apps from Applescript - works no longer in Tiger?
- From: Thomas Niederreiter <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 09:21:16 +0200
- Organization: xcdroast.org
On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:40:15 -0700
Ernest Prabhakar <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> > I ported my little X11 application from linux to osX a while ago
> > and also
> > included a short applescript file in order to start it up in a
> > "Mac" way.
>
> Have you considered using "open-x11"? It was designed to handle
> these kinds of setup issues so if it doesn't work I'd be interested
> in hearing why.
>
> $ man open-x11
> $ which open-x11
> /usr/bin/open-x11
>
> It is just a script, so you can also look at it for pointers:
>
> $ more /usr/bin/open-x11
>
> But, if you can leverage that instead of doing your own housekeeping,
> it might simplify things.
Hi Ernest,
yes, I had a look at open-x11. It works better than applescript, but the
original question was about applescript. 8)
open-x11 has also its issues - it does just run /usr/bin/open -a
/Applications/Utilities/X11.app "script".
However, I am not allowed to pass arguments to "script". So I have to
wrap my call in another shell-script, so I can set the enviroment too.
It might be a workaround, but makes stuff a bit more complicated.
You know any way how to make a single file/application bundle that does
contain a bit of applescript in addition to the extra shellscript that
sets my enviroment (and passes commandline arguments)?
I had a quick look at Platypus which looks promising, but I need to read
the docs first 8)
Thanks,
Thomas
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