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==Use Platypus to produce a template for the App bundle== | ==Use Platypus to produce a template for the App bundle== | ||
[[File:Platypus.png| | [[File:Platypus.png|500px|thumb|right|Initial Platypus Dialog (click to enlarge)]] | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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* Run the Platypus application. | * Run the Platypus application. | ||
* Import Octave's Icon. | * Import Octave's [http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Icon.png icon]. | ||
** The icon linked to above is a png with a transparent background. This feature is needed to produce a MacOS X application icon. | |||
** Using the icon linked to above the ''Icon Composer'' developers utility may be used to create a MacOS X icon. The Icon Composer is part of Xcode's developer's tools. Its home is {{Codeline|<nowiki>/Developer/Applications/Icon Composer.app</nowiki>}} | |||
* Set the "Script Type" to "Shell" | * Set the "Script Type" to "Shell" | ||
* Specify the "Script Path". | * Specify the "Script Path". |
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