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launch GUI when AppImage is double clicked #7

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions AppDir/bin/launch-gui.hook
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#!/bin/sh

# Launch the GUI when AppImage is double clicked
if [ "${ARG0##*/}" = "${APPIMAGE##*/}" ] && [ -z "$1" ]; then
[ -t 0 ] || set -- --gui
fi
22 changes: 0 additions & 22 deletions AppDir/org.octave.Octave.desktop
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2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions README.md
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</div>

### ⚠️ Use `--gui` to start with Qt interface ⚠️

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AppImage made using [sharun](https://github.com/VHSgunzo/sharun) and its wrapper [quick-sharun](https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/blob/main/useful-tools/quick-sharun.sh), which makes it extremely easy to turn any binary into a portable package reliably without using containers or similar tricks.
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions make-appimage.sh
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export OUTPATH=./dist
export ADD_HOOKS="self-updater.bg.hook"
export UPINFO="gh-releases-zsync|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%/*}|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}|latest|*$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
export DESKTOP=/usr/share/applications/org.octave.Octave.desktop
export ICON=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/octave.png
export DEPLOY_QT=1
export QT_DIR=qt6
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