I have a set number of programs that I usually want to start when my
\nmacbook pro boots up. But sometimes I want to boot in a hurry and all
\nthe startup items bother me. I came up with a solution I thought I’d
\npass on.<\/p>\n
I load Aquamacs automatically, as I use it for a terminal and several
\nother things. I wrote a ruby script that uses the applescript
\nlibraries to ask If want to start the usual applications.<\/p>\n
Then I call that script from Aquamacs as it loads. If I say no, then
\nonly Aquamacs is loaded on boot. Otherwise, all the apps load.<\/p>\n
First, install appscript…<\/p>\n
Then, put the following in a script file, I used ~\/scripts\/ Then, at the bottom of your ~\/.emacs file put:<\/p>\n All the benefits of startup applications, only if you want them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have a set number of programs that I usually want to start when my macbook pro boots up. But sometimes I want to boot in a hurry and all the startup items bother me. I came up with a solution I thought I’d pass on. I load Aquamacs automatically, as I use it for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-os-x","category-programming","category-ruby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hoolihan.net\/blog-tim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}#sudo gem install appscript<\/code><\/p>\n
\nload_programs.rb. Change the programs to match what you want.<\/p>\n#!\/usr\/bin\/env ruby
\nrequire 'rubygems'
\nrequire 'appscript'
\nrequire 'osax'
\ninclude OSAX
\ninclude Appscript<\/code><\/p>\nstart=[ \"Firefox\",\"Mail\",\"iTunes\",\"Microsoft Entourage\"]
\nanswer = osax.display_dialog(\"Do you want to launch #{start.join(',
\n')}\",
\n:buttons =>
\n[\"Yes\",\"No\"], :default_button => \"Yes\")
\nif answer[:button_returned] == \"Yes\" then
\nstart.each{|a| app(a).activate}
\nend<\/code><\/p>\n(shell-command \"ruby ~\/scripts\/load_programs.rb\")<\/code><\/p>\n