Platypus 4.2

Platypus is a Mac OS X program for creating application wrappers around scripts, i.e. creating Mac OS X applications that execute a script they are bundled with.
Scripts are then to run transparently from the graphical window environment, facilitating their execution and blending seamlessly into the user interface.
Platypus is free, open-source software and is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Free Software Foundations GNU General Public License. Platypus is written for the Cocoa application programming interfaces.

Main features:
- Supports shell scripts, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, Expect, Tcl, AppleScript
- Supports arbitrary interpreter -- thus support for any script type
- Executing scripts with root privileges via Apples Security Framework
- Drag and drop files, which are passed to the script as arguments
- Graphical feedback of script execution: progress bar or text window with script output
- Can create applications which run in the background
- Sophisticated app bundle configuration for associated file types, identifier, version etc.
- Graphical interface for bundling support files with script
- Built-in script editor, or linking with external editor of choice
- Set own application icon or select from presets
- Command line tool for automating script application bundling.

Enhancements
- Droppable Platypus apps can now execute script again when new files are dropped.
- Text settings now available for Progress Bar output mode.
- Command line tool now supports setting text output properties such as font, color and encoding.
- Command line tool has achieved feature parity with GUI application.
- Command line tool now correctly handles relative paths.
- Change in profile format to make it more transparent and human-readable/editable.
- "Show Shell Command" now shows all parameters for command line app.
- Platypus apps now default to remaining open after execution.
- Secure bundled script option now correctly excludes Development Version save option.
- Fixed bug from 4.1 where text settings failed to be applied.
- Fixed memory leak and bugs in privileged execution mode.
- Fixed bug in path text field autocompletion.
- Updated documentation to reflect recent features.
- Minor interface tweaks and fixes.