From 5f75becc5ab3b478ab6adb7d3da59b01c1f52b27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:29:19 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about creating launcher app for running kitty from source --- README.asciidoc | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc index d9d008166..fc72a2257 100644 --- a/README.asciidoc +++ b/README.asciidoc @@ -425,6 +425,16 @@ make python3 . ``` +You can also create a shell script to run kitty: + +``` +#!/bin/sh +exec python3 /path/to/kitty/source/dir +``` + +And using something like link:https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/shell-script-mac-apps[app-wrapper-for-shell-script] +you can create a simple launcher app to run the shell script. + If you only want to make some small changes to a python file, you can do that and simply replace the corresponding file inside an existing kitty.app. (Note that kitty.app will contain `.pyo` files which are compiled versions of `.py`