[libreoffice-users] Re: Startup with Calc on OSX

On 2011/02/08 3:07 AM  Rolf Lochbühler wrote:
> > Macs don't have separate start programs. The only executable file is LibreOffice.app.
> Actually they are there, just kind of hidden ;-)
>
> LibreOffice.app is an application bundle, which is basically a directory. The difference to other directories 
> is that you cannot open an .app directory by (double) clicking it in Finder. However, you may open 
> LibreOffice.app via the "Show package contents" function in its context menu, the one you get when 
> you ctrl+mouse click on LibreOffice.app. At command line level (that is, in Terminal) a, say, cd (change 
> directory) works like for any other directory.
>
> To help solve the original issue, here's my (quick, but hopefully not too dirty) attempt to come up 
> with AppleScript code to start LibreOffice directly in Calc mode:
>
>   1. Start Applications/Utilities/AppleScript-Editor.
>
>   2. Copy and paste the following three lines of code (ignoring ... do ... end ...) into the 
> AppleScript-Editor window:
>
> ignoring application responses
>    do shell script "/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice -calc 2>&1>/dev/null&"
> end ignoring
>
>   3. In AppleScript-Editor click Compile, to verify that the code will run. This shouldn't trigger 
> any error messages.
>
>   4. Save the script. In the save dialog window make sure to select Application as file format, 
> which will change the file name extension to .app. I suggest to save the script as LibreCalc.app in 
> /Applications.
>
> Double clicking LibreCalc.app should now directly open a Calc sheet.
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Rolf
There was a launcher developed for OpenOffice.org both for the GUI (with icons) and for the 
command line. It is no longer maintained but someone could use it as a base for a launcher for 
LibreOffice.
http://stuporglue.org/openoffice-org-aqua-rocks/

Larry
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