From 6a09552f5f52963131811ab26526644f806fc8bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prompt.ac/@jeffrey <mail@aesthetic.computer>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:00:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Pin No Paint in the macOS Dock

---
 nopaint/tests/macos-native.test.mjs | 2 ++
 nopaint/tools/build-macos-app.sh | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 file(s) changed, 31 insertion(s)(+), 1 deletion(s)(-)

diff --git a/nopaint/tests/macos-native.test.mjs b/nopaint/tests/macos-native.test.mjs
--- a/nopaint/tests/macos-native.test.mjs
+++ b/nopaint/tests/macos-native.test.mjs
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ assert.match(build, /xcrun swiftc/);
   assert.match(build, /iconutil -c icns/);
   assert.match(build, /codesign --force --deep --sign -/);
   assert.match(build, /\/Applications\/No Paint\.app/);
+  assert.match(build, /com\.apple\.dock persistent-apps/);
+  assert.match(build, /file:\/\/\/Applications\/No%20Paint\.app\//);
   assert.match(build, /open "\$destination"/);
 });
diff --git a/nopaint/tools/build-macos-app.sh b/nopaint/tools/build-macos-app.sh
--- a/nopaint/tools/build-macos-app.sh
+++ b/nopaint/tools/build-macos-app.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,36 @@ if [ "$install" -eq 1 ]; then
   destination="/Applications/No Paint.app"
   rm -rf "$destination"
   ditto "$app" "$destination"
+  dock_snapshot=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/nopaint-dock.XXXXXX.plist")
+  dock_found=0
+  if defaults export com.apple.dock "$dock_snapshot" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    dock_index=0
+    while dock_url=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c \
+        "Print :persistent-apps:$dock_index:tile-data:file-data:_CFURLString" \
+        "$dock_snapshot" 2>/dev/null); do
+      normalized_url=$(printf '%s' "$dock_url" | sed 's/%20/ /g' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+      if [ "$normalized_url" = "file:///applications/no paint.app/" ]; then
+        /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c \
+          "Set :persistent-apps:$dock_index:tile-data:file-data:_CFURLString file:///Applications/No%20Paint.app/" \
+          "$dock_snapshot"
+        /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c \
+          "Set :persistent-apps:$dock_index:tile-data:file-label No Paint" \
+          "$dock_snapshot"
+        defaults import com.apple.dock "$dock_snapshot" >/dev/null
+        dock_found=1
+        break
+      fi
+      dock_index=$((dock_index + 1))
+    done
+  fi
+  rm -f "$dock_snapshot"
+  if [ "$dock_found" -eq 0 ]; then
+    defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add \
+      '{"tile-data"={"file-data"={"_CFURLString"="file:///Applications/No%20Paint.app/";"_CFURLStringType"=15;};"file-label"="No Paint";};"tile-type"="file-tile";}'
+  fi
+  killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true
   open "$destination"
-  echo "Installed and opened $destination"
+  echo "Installed, pinned, and opened $destination"
 else
   echo "Built $app"
 fi

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tangled.sh