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Create application shortcuts in Google Chrome on a Mac. Thanks to Less Annoying CRM (https://www2.lessannoyingcrm.com/blog/2010/08/149/Create+application+shortcuts+in+Google+Chrome+on+a+Mac)
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#!/bin/sh | |
echo "What should the Application be called (no spaces allowed e.g. GCal)?" | |
read inputline | |
name=$inputline | |
echo "What is the url (e.g. https://www.google.com/calendar/render)?" | |
read inputline | |
url=$inputline | |
echo "What is the full path to the icon (e.g. /Users/username/Desktop/icon.png)?" | |
read inputline | |
icon=$inputline | |
chromePath="/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome" | |
appRoot="$HOME/Applications" | |
# various paths used when creating the app | |
resourcePath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Resources" | |
execPath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/MacOS" | |
profilePath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Profile" | |
plistPath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Info.plist" | |
# make the directories | |
mkdir -p $resourcePath $execPath $profilePath | |
# convert the icon and copy into Resources | |
if [ -f $icon ] ; then | |
sips -s format tiff $icon --out $resourcePath/icon.tiff --resampleWidth 128 >& /dev/null | |
tiff2icns -noLarge $resourcePath/icon.tiff >& /dev/null | |
fi | |
# create the executable | |
cat >$execPath/$name <<EOF | |
#!/bin/sh | |
exec $chromePath --app="$url" --user-data-dir="$profilePath" "\$@" | |
EOF | |
chmod +x $execPath/$name | |
# create the Info.plist | |
cat > $plistPath <<EOF | |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" “http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd”> | |
<plist version=”1.0″> | |
<dict> | |
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key> | |
<string>$name</string> | |
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key> | |
<string>icon</string> | |
</dict> | |
</plist> | |
EOF |
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