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Just use a unix script
Authored by: jafager on Jan 20, '03 05:30:12PM

This can be a real pain if you don't have a terminal running all the time, or if you use an application launcher like LaunchBar.

I have a USENET post on turning X and console applications into regular double-clickable applications via Applescript:



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Point conceded...
Authored by: Anonymous on Jan 20, '03 10:01:34PM

Heh heh... Being a sysadmin, there's almost never a time that I don't have term open... And I also use ssh port forwarding to deal with my personal mail, so even when I'm not working term is up... But it's a good point, for the traditional non-unixy macuser the applescript has some definite advantages...



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