On Nov 27, 2020, at 18:25, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> However, only native Cocoa apps wil install an .app bundle inside the
> MacPorts folder. E.g. emacs, gimp do that if they are compiled in the
> "+quartz" variant. Other apps if not Mac native will have their own launch
> method which will not be as straight-forward.
There are some ports that install app bundles in the /Applications/MacPorts
folder even though they are not native Cocoa apps. These app bundles are
intended as a convenience that can be used to launch applications from the
Finder, Dock, LaunchPad, Spotlight, etc., but other than that they don't behave
like normal Mac apps. For example, dragging a document icon to it won't open it
into the application, the application icon may continue bouncing in the Dock
after the app is launched, clicking the icon in the Dock after the app is
launched won't switch to the app, etc.
Usually though, software that is not a native Mac Cocoa app will not have an
app bundle in /Applications/MacPorts and you'll usually run it from the
terminal. The "port contents" command tells you what was installed and where so
that you know what to run.
