[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 133132] New: Split launcher shortcuts for macOS, like in Linux

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Sun May 17 19:52:14 UTC 2020


https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133132

            Bug ID: 133132
           Summary: Split launcher shortcuts for macOS, like in Linux
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: Mac OS X (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: jj+documentfoundation at visser.rocks

Description:
I've made separate macOS standalone launcher .app shims that launch Writer,
Impress, Draw, Math, etc., just like LibreOffice works in Linux.
They are nothing more than an Automator script that executes
`/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice --writer "$@" >/dev/null
2>&1 &`
Because it supports args you can even drag files onto whichever of these .app
bundles you have on the dock, and it'll open the file in the relevant
LibreOffice program.

As one of the most oft requested features for Mac is 'can I please have a way
to separately install Writer or a way to launch the separate aspects of
LibreOffice', this should do nicely.

If wanted, now the fat binary could even be 'hidden' somewhere in the
Application Support folder, and just the shims could be placed in
/Applications.

One thing: whilst the shims can be placed anywhere, LibreOffice has to be
installed in its default location, since that is what the shell line inside the
.app shim expects.

Cheers and I hope this will be useful :)

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Reproducible: Always


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