[Feature]: Shortcuts for applications installed inside bottles

[aayork]

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Crossover has a feature that allows applications installed into bottles to have shortcuts, is it possible to do something like this with whisky?

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[IsaacMarovitz]

Already added in next release

[mtariqsajid]

Already added in next release

how to create a shortcut can you please add in docs how to add shortcut to macos desktop

[neaumusic]

@mtariqsajid

I have a CLI version set up from this wiki with homebrew (which is where apple computers was founded) with the /usr/local/bin/brew version (not /opt/homebrew/bin/brew) and arch -x86_64 zsh terminal shell, you can turn a text file into a shortcut like this:

#!/bin/bash

# Copy the password to the clipboard
echo 'your-password-here' | pbcopy

eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv)"; \
arch -x86_64 gameportingtoolkit-no-hud \
~/Library/Containers/com.isaacmarovitz.Whisky/Bottles/73B80174-C1BB-4B07-ACA0-8A032F92A0EC \
'C:\Program Files\IRONMACE\Blacksmith\BlacksmithBootstrap.exe' &

exit 0

There might be identical 'game porting toolkit' executables that you find to use within ~/Library and /Library Whisky folders for the same purpose, but just make a Folder.app with a text file that has that script and make it executable so you can open it (not sure which chmod I originally used but something like this chmod +x /Applications/Dark\ and\ Darker.app/Dark\ and\ Darker)

In this case I need my password to paste into the launcher every time, so I use pbcopy, probably not the most secure method of doing that but I don't really mind

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I usually use Kapeli Dash snippets and Control+R on the command-line to recall past commands, but its nice to use spotlight to search for app thing. My terminal is still my favorite fullscreen background though, haha

[mtariqsajid]

@mtariqsajid

I have a CLI version set up from this wiki with homebrew (which is where apple computers was founded) with the /usr/local/bin/brew version (not /opt/homebrew/bin/brew) and arch -x86_64 zsh terminal shell, you can turn a text file into a shortcut like this:

#!/bin/bash

# Copy the password to the clipboard
echo 'your-password-here' | pbcopy

eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv)"; \
arch -x86_64 gameportingtoolkit-no-hud \
~/Library/Containers/com.isaacmarovitz.Whisky/Bottles/73B80174-C1BB-4B07-ACA0-8A032F92A0EC \
'C:\Program Files\IRONMACE\Blacksmith\BlacksmithBootstrap.exe' &

exit 0

There might be identical 'game porting toolkit' executables that you find to use within ~/Library and /Library Whisky folders for the same purpose, but just make a Folder.app with a text file that has that script and make it executable so you can open it (not sure which chmod I originally used but something like this chmod +x /Applications/Dark\ and\ Darker.app/Dark\ and\ Darker)

In this case I need my password to paste into the launcher every time, so I use pbcopy, probably not the most secure method of doing that but I don't really mind

I usually use Kapeli Dash snippets and Control+R on the command-line to recall past commands, but its nice to use spotlight to search for app thing. My terminal is still my favorite fullscreen background though, haha

it required gameportingtoolkit right ? i am on macos 13.5.1 ventura.