cmd-space no longer works

[dabrahams]

This technique described here no longer works. What I currently do is open Script Editor and create a script containing

tell application "Finder" to open POSIX file "/opt/homebrew/opt/emacs-mac/Emacs.app"

Then I Save it as an Application in /Applications, and I copy the icon from the actual Emacs.app onto it. This can probably be automated or turned into better instructions.

[railwaycat]

The creation of app bundle can be automated by the following command:

osacompile -o Emacs.app -e 'tell application "Finder" to open POSIX file "/opt/homebrew/opt/emacs-mac/Emacs.app"'

But Homebrew does not allow a formula to place artifacts out of Homebrew tree, so this step has to be done by a user.

I added a page to collect all the solutions: https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport/blob/master/docs/emacs-start-helpers.md#helper-2

BTW I'm a bit confusing on the subject of this issue, not sure if it related to "cmd-space"?

[dabrahams]

All I really know is that Spotlight only wants to treat some files/bundles as first-class applications, and script editor is capable of making one such file/bundle.

[railwaycat]

I see. Spotlight still displays alias, but put them quite behind, which is nearly useless for fast access. You may jump results faster by CMD-up/down.