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→‎Create a launcher app with AppleScript: remove <code></code> formatting and its buggy behavior
(→‎Simple Installation Instructions: Some minor typo corrections)
(→‎Create a launcher app with AppleScript: remove <code></code> formatting and its buggy behavior)
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* Open the "AppleScript Editor" application
* Open the "AppleScript Editor" application
* write the following text in the editor window:
* write the following text in the editor window:
<code>


  tell application "Terminal"
  tell application "Terminal"
   do script "/path/to/octave; exit"
   do script "/path/to/octave; exit"
  end tell
  end tell
</code>


or if Octave is in your default path:
or if Octave is in your default path:


<code>
  tell application "Terminal"
  tell application "Terminal"
   do script "`which octave`; exit"
   do script "`which octave`; exit"
  end tell
  end tell
</code>


or if you wish to start the GUI by default, without a terminal:
or if you wish to start the GUI by default, without a terminal:


<code>
  do shell script "/path/to/octave --force-gui"
  do shell script "/path/to/octave --force-gui"
</code>


(e.g. Homebrew installs Octave to '/usr/local/bin/octave' by default)
(e.g. Homebrew installs Octave to '/usr/local/bin/octave' by default)
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