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Setting Up org-protocol on Mac

org-protocol.el – Mac OS X setup doesn’t work anymore according to Issue #3 · neil-smithline-elisp/EmacsClient.app.

Step 1. Create an application

Launch the Script Editor application and create a new document
Copy-and-paste the following code into the new document
Change “/usr/local/bin/emacsclient” to path to emacsclient on your system
Save it in Application (not the default Script) File Format as org-protocol.app

on open location this_URL
	do shell script "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-10_14/emacsclient \"" & this_URL & "\""
	tell application "Emacs" to activate
end open location

Step 2. Configure the application

Navigate to the application (i.e., org-protocol.app) in the Finder, then right-click on it and select Show Package Contents. Now go into the Contents folder and open Info.plist
Add the following code to the file, making sure to keep all existing key/string pairs intact:

<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
  <dict>
    <key>CFBundleURLName</key>
    <string>org-protocol handler</string>
    <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
    <array>
      <string>org-protocol</string>
    </array>
  </dict>
</array>

Step 3. Test your results

See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.html#orgheadline8

Notes

Emacs doesn’t activate?

I use graphical Emacs and start Emacs server from there, however after clicking some org-protocol link, Emacs doesn’t activate. I don’t know the cause. If you encounter the same issue AND don’t like it, you can try this instead

on open location this_URL
   do shell script "/usr/local/bin/emacsclient \"" & this_URL & "\" && open -a Emacs"
end open location

User Script

On web browser, besides bookmarklets, you can also use User Script, for example, ./org-protocol.user.js binds two keys to Org: store-link and Org: capture.

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