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* Org Mode dedicated app on OS X
@ 2011-07-05  4:19 Ken Mankoff
  2011-07-05  7:23 ` Stefan Vollmar
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ken Mankoff @ 2011-07-05  4:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

Hi,

I'm just beginning to use org-mode on OS X. I'm in a terminal a lot, 
and in Aquamacs Emacs a lot too, but not all the time. To make it 
easier to use org-mode, I would like to give it a dedicated app with 
the org-mode icon (unicorn) in the dock. Is there a way to do this?

Fluid.app is a single site browser (SSB) that sort of turns web 
pages into desktop apps. I would like something similar for Emacs.

I think one way might be to make a copy of Aquamacs Emacs, change 
the icon, and then edit the "info.plist" or some internal file so 
that when it launches it launches directly into org-mode, loading 
some keystrokes to my default view.

Has anyone else done something similar? Is anyone else interested in 
something like this? Any suggestions how to go about doing it?

Thanks,

   -k.

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* Re: Org Mode dedicated app on OS X
  2011-07-05  4:19 Org Mode dedicated app on OS X Ken Mankoff
@ 2011-07-05  7:23 ` Stefan Vollmar
  2011-07-05 14:48   ` Ken Mankoff
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Vollmar @ 2011-07-05  7:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Org Mode Mailing List; +Cc: Ken Mankoff

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Dear Ken,

you could start with an Emacs-typical approach by editing your ~/.emacs-file so that .org-files are automatically opened with org-mode, also adding any other keyboard shortcuts you find useful, see

http://orgmode.org/guide/Activation.html#Activation

If you put this line into your .bashrc file:

alias e="open -a /Applications/Aquamacs.app/"

you can do this from the commandline:

e somefile.org

and it will be opened in Aquamacs (using an existing instance of Aquamacs if it is already open - I find that I have Aquamacs open all the time).

One way of changing the icon is to copy Aquamacs.app, then using an icon editor (e.g. the one from the Apple's Developer Kit). A simpler way is this:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2493

If you are thinking about a distribution-like approach (so it works "out-of-the-box" for others) you would probably need to copy your changes to a 

/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/site-lisp

directory.

Hope this helps,
 Stefan


On 05.07.2011, at 06:19, Ken Mankoff wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm just beginning to use org-mode on OS X. I'm in a terminal a lot, and in Aquamacs Emacs a lot too, but not all the time. To make it easier to use org-mode, I would like to give it a dedicated app with the org-mode icon (unicorn) in the dock. Is there a way to do this?
> 
> Fluid.app is a single site browser (SSB) that sort of turns web pages into desktop apps. I would like something similar for Emacs.
> 
> I think one way might be to make a copy of Aquamacs Emacs, change the icon, and then edit the "info.plist" or some internal file so that when it launches it launches directly into org-mode, loading some keystrokes to my default view.
> 
> Has anyone else done something similar? Is anyone else interested in something like this? Any suggestions how to go about doing it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  -k.
> 

-- 
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* Re: Org Mode dedicated app on OS X
  2011-07-05  7:23 ` Stefan Vollmar
@ 2011-07-05 14:48   ` Ken Mankoff
  2011-07-05 19:39     ` Rasmus
  2011-07-06  8:56     ` Stefan Vollmar
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ken Mankoff @ 2011-07-05 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Vollmar; +Cc: Org Mode Mailing List

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the tips. Most already done.

On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Stefan Vollmar wrote:
> you could start with an Emacs-typical approach by editing your 
> ~/.emacs-file so that .org-files are automatically opened with 
> org-mode

Yes I've followed the initial instructions and love that emacs knows 
modes based on file extension and/or content.

> If you put this line into your .bashrc file:
> alias e="open -a /Applications/Aquamacs.app/"
> you can do this from the commandline:
> e somefile.org

I use this:

eee() { if [ ! -e "$@" ]; then touch "$@"; fi; /sw/bin/launch -m -a Aquamacs "$@"; }

I also have copied Aquamacs.app, renamed it OrgMode.app, and have 
the unicorn as the icon. I'm a bit stuck on the last step you 
suggest.

> If you are thinking about a distribution-like approach (so it 
> works "out-of-the-box" for others) you would probably need to copy 
> your changes to a
>
> /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/site-lisp
>
> directory.

I don't need it to distribute it to 3rd parties, but I'm not opposed 
to setting it up like that. What files should I put in the 
directory? And what contents? And how do I get emacs to auto-load 
them? I'm still figuring out a workflow so please let me know if 
this makes sense, but I'm picturing something like this:

* I launch my OrgMode.app

* It opens and (via its internal site-lisp magic) loads 
~/Dropbox/Org/index.org

* index.org is a file I'll maintain manually that links to my other 
org files so I can access them using the inter-linking ability in 
org-mode

* If something like index.org can be automated that would be OK, but 
I don't mind maintaning it as my meta-org file. Perhaps based on 
something like I have now in my .emacs:

(setq org-agenda-files (list "~/Dropbox/org/foo.org"
                              "~/Dropbox/org/bar.org))


   -k.

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* Re: Org Mode dedicated app on OS X
  2011-07-05 14:48   ` Ken Mankoff
@ 2011-07-05 19:39     ` Rasmus
  2011-07-06  8:56     ` Stefan Vollmar
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Rasmus @ 2011-07-05 19:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode


How about 

   emacsclient -ca "" --eval "(org-mode)" 

or just your index.org file:

   emacsclient -ca "" ~/index.org

In Gnome or other fancy DE you'd just create a .desktop file to make an
entry in your launcher. I don't know how one does something similar in
Macs.

–Rasmus

-- 
Sent from my Emacs

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* Re: Org Mode dedicated app on OS X
  2011-07-05 14:48   ` Ken Mankoff
  2011-07-05 19:39     ` Rasmus
@ 2011-07-06  8:56     ` Stefan Vollmar
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Vollmar @ 2011-07-06  8:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ken Mankoff; +Cc: Org Mode Mailing List

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Dear Ken,

On 05.07.2011, at 16:48, Ken Mankoff wrote:

> Thanks for the tips. Most already done.

Excellent!

> [...]
> I also have copied Aquamacs.app, renamed it OrgMode.app, and have the unicorn as the icon. I'm a bit stuck on the last step you suggest.
> 
>> If you are thinking about a distribution-like approach (so it works "out-of-the-box" for others) you would probably need to copy your changes to a
>> 
>> /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/site-lisp
>> 
>> directory.
> 
> I don't need it to distribute it to 3rd parties, but I'm not opposed to setting it up like that. What files should I put in the directory? And what contents? And how do I get emacs to auto-load them?

I have a half-finished project that uses a slightly different approach: we did a course teaching some principles of computer programming and imaging to children, http://www.nf.mpg.de/kinderuni/kinderuni_en.html, where Aquamacs was customized for easy Python programming and I added some Org-mode specific stuff while I was at it. Here, we used a wrapper-type "application" (a Python script turned into a Mac-type program by Platypus, http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus) that starts an unmodified version of Aquamacs with

EMACS = "/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/MacOS/aquamacs"
os.system("open -a " + EMACS + " --args -l " + el_file + " -eval '(message \"KinderUni - happy coding!\")' &")

where el_file sets up some special menus (with nice and large icons) and settings for python and Org-mode. I might have some time over the next six weeks to polish and release this.

Warm regards,
 Stefan


> I'm still figuring out a workflow so please let me know if this makes sense, but I'm picturing something like this:
> 
> * I launch my OrgMode.app
> 
> * It opens and (via its internal site-lisp magic) loads ~/Dropbox/Org/index.org
> 
> * index.org is a file I'll maintain manually that links to my other org files so I can access them using the inter-linking ability in org-mode
> 
> * If something like index.org can be automated that would be OK, but I don't mind maintaning it as my meta-org file. Perhaps based on something like I have now in my .emacs:
> 
> (setq org-agenda-files (list "~/Dropbox/org/foo.org"
>                             "~/Dropbox/org/bar.org))
> 
> 
>  -k.

-- 
Dr. Stefan Vollmar, Dipl.-Phys.
Head of IT group
Max-Planck-Institut für neurologische Forschung
Gleuelerstr. 50, 50931 Köln, Germany
Tel.: +49-221-4726-213  FAX +49-221-4726-298
Tel.: +49-221-478-5713  Mobile: 0160-93874279
Email: vollmar@nf.mpg.de   http://www.nf.mpg.de







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