[OS X Emacs] Create Copy of Emacs.app to run gnus in own instance

[Rainer M Krug]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at web.de> writes:

> Am 24.02.2014 um 10:03 schrieb Rainer M Krug:
>
>> If I copy the Emacs.app folder and rename it to Gnus.app, what else do I
>> have to change to achieve (1) and (2) without using the bash script?
>
> The icons the application uses are in
> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/Emacs.icns (possibly also
> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/document.icns). There are
> additional files that provide information on the app for the OS:
>
> 	/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Info.plist
> 	/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/PkgInfo
> 	/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings

Found it - looks promising to change the icon.

>
> I'm no expert either and presume that at least the application's name
> should be changed. Otherwise it might be possible that Launchservice
> takes the copy as the original.

Makes sense. I'll investigate further then

Thanks,

Rainer

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