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I have a jailbroken iPod Touch 1.1.4, and want to experiment with creating minimalistic "apps" just by scripting, launching Safari to a "webapp". But 1.1.4 does not have the "Add to Home Screen" shortcut option. Is there a way to simulate this just by scripting? I've tried editing the HelloPython Bash script, changing it to: <pre><code>#!/bin/bash /Applications/MobileSafari.app/MobileSafari http://gnixl.com/ </code></pre> And I get the error: <pre><code>ABORT: Unable to register "com.apple.mobilesafari" port, 1103 unknown error code. </code></pre> I removed the URL <a href="http://gnixl.com/" rel="nofollow">http://gnixl.com/</a>, same error. Is there a way to do this without using Python or Objective-C? Not that I'm not willing to use either/or, but I'm looking for the most barebones approach that will do something first. If someone with a newer iPod touch could "add to home screen" anything and analyze what it puts into the Applications folder, that might be just the info I need. Or if someone jailbroke their device with ziphone and left the link on the homescreen, that would work too unless the "link" is actually an executable. [update 2016-01-25: 2 github projects now up using troutinator's answer as template: <a href="https://github.com/jcomeauictx/conwaylife" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jcomeauictx/conwaylife</a> and <a href="https://github.com/jcomeauictx/taillight]" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jcomeauictx/taillight]</a>
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<iphone><ipod-touch><ipod><jailbreak>
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