Added preliminary support for uncompressed folders on mac.

command_line.py

@@ -638,6 +638,11 @@ class CommandBase(object):
 
             zip_file = os.path.join(temp_dir, self.project_name()+'.nw')
 
+            app_nw_folder = os.path.join(temp_dir, self.project_name()+'.nwf')
+
+            shutil.copytree(self.project_dir(), app_nw_folder,
+                            ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns(output_dir))
+
             zip_files(zip_file, self.project_dir(), exclude_paths=[output_dir])
             for ex_setting in self.settings['export_settings'].values():
                 if ex_setting.value:
@@ -662,6 +667,8 @@ class CommandBase(object):
                     self.progress_text += '.'
 
                     if 'mac' in ex_setting.name:
+                        uncomp_setting = self.get_setting('uncompressed_folder')
+                        uncompressed = uncomp_setting.value
                         app_path = os.path.join(export_dest,
                                                 self.project_name()+'.app')
 
@@ -689,10 +696,15 @@ class CommandBase(object):
 
                         self.progress_text += '.'
 
-                        shutil.copy(zip_file, os.path.join(app_path,
+                        app_nw_res = os.path.join(app_path,
                                                   'Contents',
                                                   'Resources',
-                                                           'app.nw'))
+                                                  'app.nw')
+
+                        if uncompressed:
+                            shutil.copytree(app_nw_folder, app_nw_res)
+                        else:
+                            shutil.copy(zip_file, app_nw_res)
                         self.create_icns_for_app(os.path.join(app_path,
                                                               'Contents',
                                                               'Resources',

files/settings.cfg

@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ linux_64_dir_prefix = 'node-webkit-v{}-linux-x64'
         max=9
         type='range'
         description='Compression to be applied to the executable\'s nwjs binary. 0 is no compression, 9 is maximum. They all use lzma.'
+    [[uncompressed_folder]]
+        display_name='Uncompressed Folder'
+        type='check'
+        default_value=False
+        description='Mac OSX Only! This option makes the resulting app.nw inside the app just a plain folder. This is useful to mitigate startup times and to modify files.'
 
 
 [order]
@@ -352,7 +357,7 @@ linux_64_dir_prefix = 'node-webkit-v{}-linux-x64'
                             'kiosk', 'kiosk_emulation', 'transparent']"""
 
     export_setting_order = """['windows-x32', 'windows-x64', 'mac-x32', 'mac-x64', 'linux-x64', 'linux-x32']"""
-    compression_setting_order = """['nw_compression_level']"""
+    compression_setting_order = """['nw_compression_level', 'uncompressed_folder']"""
 
     download_setting_order = """['nw_version', 'download_dir',
                                  'force_download']"""

main.py

@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, CommandBase):
 
     def create_compression_settings(self):
         group_box = QtGui.QWidget()
-        vlayout = self.create_layout(self.settings['order']['compression_setting_order'], cols=3)
+        vlayout = self.create_layout(self.settings['order']['compression_setting_order'], cols=1)
         warning_label = QtGui.QLabel('Note: When using compression (greater than 0) it will decrease the executable size,\nbut will increase the startup time when running it.')
         vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
         vbox.addLayout(vlayout)