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 * {{Codeline|<nowiki>sudo port mdmg <portname> @<version>+variant1+variant2</nowiki>}}
-The DMG will be placed in a port's work directory.  If a local portfile is used, a symbolic link to the work directory will be placed in the directory containing the portfile.
+The DMG will be placed in the port's work directory.  If a local portfile is used, a symbolic link to the work directory will be placed in the directory containing the portfile.
-==Use the DMG to produce the App bundle==
+==Down load the Boilerplate from Savannah==
-* Download the App Boilerplate from Savannah's task tracker.
+* Resources/Applications/AquaTerm.app
-*# To be placed on Savannah soon.
+* Resources/bin/octave
-*# An itemized list of the Boilerplate's contents is below.
+* Resources/script
-*#* Boilerplate
-*#** Contents
+==Use Platypus to produce a template for the App bundle==
-*#*** Info.plist
-*#*** MacOS
+To creating an application bundle for MacOS X the utility, [http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus Platypus], is used.  Platypus is a developer tool for the Mac OS X operating system which is intended to create native Mac OS X applications from interpreted scripts such as shell scripts or Perl, Ruby and Python programs.
-*#**** Octave
-*#*** Resources
+A shell script intended to setup and run Octave will be used as the basis for the MacOS X App bundle.
-*#**** appIcon.icns
-*#**** AppSettings.plist
+# Run Platypus
-*#**** bin
+# Import Octave's Icon
-*#***** octave
+# Set the "Script Type" to "Shell"
-*#**** script
+# Specify Script Path
-* Create a copy of the DMG's contents
+#* Click on the "Select" button and select the shell script used to launch the Terminal app, {{Codeline|<nowiki>script</nowiki>}}
-*# Save the original MacPorts installation.
+# Set "Output" to "None"
-*#* {{Codeline|<nowiki>sudo mv /opt /opt-save</nowiki>}}
+# Specify App Name (Octave-3.7.0)
-*# Install the DMG.  This will create a new {{Codeline|<nowiki>/opt</nowiki>}} directory.
+# Click the "Create" button
-*# Move the new {{Codeline|<nowiki>/opt</nowiki>}} to the directory containing the App Boilerplate.
+# Save the App bundle template to the location of your choice.
-*# Restore the MacPorts installation
-*#* {{Codeline|<nowiki>sudo mv /opt-save /opt</nowiki>}}
+==Copy the contents of the MacPorts DMG to the App bundle Template==
-* Create the App bundle using the shell script below. This script produces an App bundle named {{Codeline|<nowiki>Octave-3.7.0.app</nowiki>}}.
-  <nowiki>#!/bin/sh -e
+# Save the original MacPorts installation.
+#* {{Codeline|<nowiki>sudo mv /opt /opt-save</nowiki>}}
+# Install the DMG.  This will create a new {{Codeline|<nowiki>/opt</nowiki>}} directory.
+# Move the the {{Codeline|<nowiki>/opt</nowiki>}} directory to the same location where {{Codeline|<nowiki>Boilerplate</nowiki>}} directory was placed.
+# Restore the MacPorts installation
+#* {{Codeline|<nowiki>sudo rm -r /opt</nowiki>}}
+#* {{Codeline|<nowiki>sudo mv /opt-save /opt</nowiki>}}
+==Populate the App bundle==
+Use the script below to copy the contents of the Boilerplate and opt/local into the App bundle.  This script assumes the App bundle is named {{Codeline|<nowiki>Octave-3.7.0.app</nowiki>}}.
+  <nowiki>#! /bin/sh
 VERSION=3.7.0
 APP=Octave
 FULLAPP="${APP}-${VERSION}.app"
-MACPORTS_PREFIX="./opt/local"
+MACPORTS_PREFIX="./opt/local/"
-if [ -n "${FULLAPP}" ]; then
+cp -pRf ${MACPORTS_PREFIX} ${FULLAPP}/Contents/Resources/.
-  mkdir ${FULLAPP}
+rm ${FULLAPP}/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
-  mkdir ${FULLAPP}/Contents
+cp -pRf Boilerplate/bin/ ${FULLAPP}/Contents/Resources/bin/.
-  mkdir ${FULLAPP}/Contents/MacOS
+cp -pRf Boilerplate/Applications ${FULLAPP}/Contents/Resources/.</nowiki>
-  cp -af ${MACPORTS_PREFIX} ${FULLAPP}/Contents/Resources
-  ## Remove symbolic link to octave-$VERSION. This will be replaced by
-  ## a shell script that is part of the Boilerplate
-  rm ${FULLAPP}/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
-fi
-cp -pRf Boilerplate/. ${FULLAPP}/.
-chmod 731 ${FULLAPP}</nowiki>
 =Problems and Restrictions of the App Bundle=