[webkit-dev] WebKitTools Script Proposal

[Eric Seidel]

open -a <appname>

already correctly carries over DYLD environment variables... so I  
don't really see a dying need for such a script.

Or at least, if there were such a script, it could be about 2 lines.

-eric

On Jun 28, 2005, at 8:32 PM, Kevin Ballard wrote:

> On Jun 28, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Darin Adler wrote:
>
>
>>> On similar lines, how about a general script "run-webkit-based- 
>>> app"? The script can take an argument to an application bundle,  
>>> or the executable in the bundle (I say test for both cases.) This  
>>> would give easy access to users and developers that wish to run  
>>> their favorite WebKit enabled application with the CVS builds. (I  
>>> have been asked a few times in #colloquy how to get this going.)  
>>> I personally have a modified run-safari script for Colloquy, but  
>>> a general script would help more casual users.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This doesn't seem so useful to me. This is would be a script that  
>> sets one environment variable, DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH. I think people  
>> can make their own.
>>
>> But I could be wrong -- I'd be happy to take a patch with this  
>> script if many people found it useful.
>>
>
> I would suggest instead a script that takes the *name* of an app  
> and searches the LaunchServices database for it and launches that  
> with DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH set. That way someone could just type `run- 
> webkit-app Colloquy` and have it work right.
>
> -- 
> Kevin Ballard
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> http://www.tildesoft.com
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