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Comment by fimdomeio | Hacker News Reader

just throwing a related idea in here in the hopes someone finds it interesting enough to develop.

Having a very simple cli app generator that allows one to have independent terminal applications that run just like normal app. Independent in the sense that you can open them as any other app, run on their own window, and and you can reach them through the app switcher.

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If you're on a Mac, you can do this with AppleScript.

If you open the Script Editor, you can use this chunk of code to get started:

    tell application "Terminal"
     do script "~/test.sh"
    end tell

This will run the script ~/test.sh in a new terminal window. Closing the window automatically is a bit more difficult, but it can also be done. You can save this as an Application, which will let you click to open it, just like any other application.

See here for more information:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1870270/sending-commands...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27453987/how-to-close-a-...

Is this different than opening the executable from the file manager?

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