[okular] [Bug 503029] Okular MacOS "Open With" not working

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503029

--- Comment #9 from jmot205 at proton.me ---
(In reply to LS from comment #8)
>  (In reply to jmot205 from comment #4)
> > Saving the following in AppleScript as an app will allow you to set the
> > default pdf application to this new app as a workaround. So that means that
> > we can now open files in a more native way without the right-click menu.
> > 
> > >on open droppedFiles
> > >	repeat with f in droppedFiles
> > >		set filePath to POSIX path of f
> > >		do shell script "/Applications/okular.app/Contents/MacOS/okular " & quoted form of filePath & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
> > >	end repeat
> > >end open
> 
> I appreciate this solution, it works quite well for a single file. However,
> I am struggling to find an elegant solution for opening multiple files. With
> this solution, each file has its own instance of Okular, resulting in 10-15
> windows displayed, and no way to arrange them in tabs. From a quick search,
> I found a suggestion to add a --unique flag, but it did not change the
> outcome. Any workaround?

Agreed on the bulkiness of this approach because it makes individual instances;
unfortunately I didn't find any workaround for that part of it. That was one of
the reasons why I've switched back to Foxit, at least for the time being.

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