Changeset 214 for trunk/launch/launch/README

Timestamp:

03/12/06 12:44:00 (18 years ago)

Author:

Nicholas Riley

Message:

VERSION: Updated for 1.1d1.

main.c: Updated copyright statement. Updated for 1.1d1. Removed
ancient todo list. Only support 10.4 and higher - removed unnecessary
BROKEN_LSOPENFROMURLSPEC and unused DEBUG #defines. Replace
LSLaunchURLSpec with LSApplicationParameters. Added -o for arguments
(which doesn't work, delaying 1.1's release pending Apple fix).
Support app paths with -a, like open(1) does. Print file content's
UTI if possible on -f. Removed a couple of extraneous arguments to
osstatusexit. Replaced error codes with symbolic constants again.

README: Updated for 1.1d1.

File:

• trunk/launch/launch/README (modified) (6 diffs)

trunk/launch/launch/README

@@ -14 +14 @@
 or by path, launching TextEdit, or opening a number of applications,
 documents, folders, or URLs.  With the exception of special support for
-TextEdit (open -a), 'launch' does all this and:
+TextEdit (open -e), 'launch' does all this and:
 
 - opens URLs, directly or in your preferred helper application (-l)
@@ -22 +22 @@
   changing references to it
 - asks applications to print documents, something the OS X Finder
-  no longer permits
+  didn't get until Mac OS X 10.4
 - allows you to pipe output to GUI applictions
 - launches applications in the background
@@ -61 +61 @@
 -----------
 
-An Xcode/Project Builder project, 'launch.pbproj', is included.  A
-precompiled binary is also provided.  'launch' was developed and
-tested under Mac OS 10.3.8 with Xcode 1.5, and does not require any
-additional software to build.
+An Xcode project, 'launch.xcodeproj', is included.  A precompiled Universal
+binary is also provided.  'launch' was developed and tested under Mac OS X 
+10.4.5 with Xcode 2.2.1, and does not require any additional software to
+build.
 
 USAGE
@@ -82 +82 @@
 [CodeWarrior IDE opens with an untitled document containing the file list]
 
-% launch -i org.mozilla.navigator http://www.apple.com/
+% launch -i org.mozilla.camino http://www.apple.com/
 [Camino opens Apple's Web site]
 
@@ -169 +169 @@
 
 
-Q. Why won't launch locate non-packaged applications by their bundle
-identifier?
-
-A. This was a LaunchServices/CFBundle bug, fixed in Mac OS X 10.2.
-For example, BBEdit 6.1 for OS X was a packaged application; BBEdit
-6.5 is not, however its 'plst' resource contains a bundle ID.
-LaunchServices prior to OS X 10.2 was unable to locate BBEdit 6.5 by
-its bundle ID.
-
-Non-packaged applications usually originated as Mac OS applications,
-so they will have creators.  If you're using Mac OS X 10.1.x, try
-using the creator instead of the bundle ID as a workaround (-c instead
-of -i).
-
-
 Q. Why doesn't launch support opening items as root?
 
@@ -237 +222 @@
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+1.1 - unreleased
+ - -o: pass command-line arguments (broken, r. 4474993)
+ - display content type ID (UTI)    
+ - switched to new LSOpen APIs (now requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
+ - for compatibility with open(1), take app path as argument to -a
 1.0.1 - 3 April 2005
  - prefer files to URLs; added -U for old behavior