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.
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2201 bytes --] 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. > -- 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 [-- Attachment #2: smime.p7s --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 4409 bytes --]
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.
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
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2631 bytes --] 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 [-- Attachment #2: smime.p7s --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 4409 bytes --]