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===Create an Application Template for Octave===
===Create an Application Template for Octave===
[[File:Platypus.png|350px|thumb|right|Initial Platypus Dialog (click to enlarge)]]


Below, two methods are described for producing an application template for Octave.   
Below, two methods are described for producing an application template for Octave.   


====Use Platypus to produce a template for the App bundle====
====Use Platypus to produce a template for the App bundle====
[[File:Platypus.png|350px|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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