[tor-bugs] #11429 [meek]: meek-http-helper opens up a second dock icon

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#11429: meek-http-helper opens up a second dock icon
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     Reporter:  dcf     |      Owner:  dcf
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:
    Component:  meek    |    Version:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:3 lunar]:
 > I'm not sure what has been tried already. It seems that a dedicated
 `plist` that would set `LSUIElement` to 1 would get the desired effect.
 >
 >
 https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/general/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/LaunchServicesKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001431-108256

 Thanks for this hint. Inside of TorBrowser.app, there is another app
 directory, Contents/MacOS/TorBrowser.app, which is the one that actually
 contains the firefox executable. If I edit
 Contents/MacOS/TorBrowser.app/Info.plist to add
 {{{
 <key>LSUIElement</key>
 <true/>
 }}}
 it almost works—the headless browser doesn't show an icon, but the main
 browser doesn't, either. I did a lot of searching and didn't find a very
 nice solution. However I did find an ugly solution: Make a second copy of
 TorBrowser.app called TorBrowser.app-headless that symlinks all files to
 the first copy, all files except Info.plist. Set LSUIElement only in the
 second copy's Info.plist. Set up meek-client-torbrowser to point to
 TorBrowser.app-headless. To wit:
 {{{
 Contents/MacOS/TorBrowser.app/Contents:
 -rw-r-----@  1 david  staff  5540 Dec 31  1999 Info.plist
 drwxr-x---@ 25 david  staff   850 Dec 31  1999 MacOS
 -rw-r-----@  1 david  staff     8 Dec 31  1999 PkgInfo
 drwxr-x---@  5 david  staff   170 Dec 31  1999 Resources

 Contents/MacOS/TorBrowser.app-headless/Contents:
 -rw-r-----@ 1 david  staff  5572 May 11 13:07 Info.plist
 lrwxr-xr-x  1 david  staff    35 May 11 13:06 MacOS ->
 ../../TorBrowser.app/Contents/MacOS
 lrwxr-xr-x  1 david  staff    37 May 11 13:06 PkgInfo ->
 ../../TorBrowser.app/Contents/PkgInfo
 lrwxr-xr-x  1 david  staff    39 May 11 13:06 Resources ->
 ../../TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources
 }}}
 This way is fairly dumb but it looks as if it will work if we can't think
 of anything better. I looked for a way to start an app with an alternate
 or override Info.plist file, and didn't find anything.

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