Show

Show/hide apps from the terminal

OVERVIEW: show/hide apps

    ss = Screen Sharing
    ps = Photoshop

USAGE: show <app-name>

ARGUMENTS:
  <app-name>              App name or known shortcut 

OPTIONS:
  -h, --help              Show help information.

This utility lets me take a quick peek at whatever is going on in a shared session to another computer and hide it away without changing my focus from the terminal. Surely, I can’t be the only one frustrated with the inconsistent use of ⌘-H in certain apps. (Looking at you Photoshop and Screen Sharing!)

I also think this is particularly nice way of combining command-line development with osascript. I love how the toggle function turned out.

Installation

• Install homebrew.
• Install mint with homebrew (brew install mint).
• From command line: mint install erica/show

Build notes

• This project includes a build phase that writes to /usr/local/bin
• Make sure your /usr/local/bin is writable: chmod u+w /usr/local/bin