From 9a6bfbec361b92bfa64e2ebc791092dc3670ace9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: spielman <spielman@umd.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 12:01:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Set macOS application display name

---
 blacs/__init__.py      |  2 ++
 blacs/__main__.py      | 11 +++++++----
 blacs/desktop-app.json |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blacs/__init__.py b/blacs/__init__.py
index 8a86de8e..1bf184e8 100644
--- a/blacs/__init__.py
+++ b/blacs/__init__.py
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@
 import os
 from .__version__ import __version__
 
+DESKTOP_APP_MODULE = 'blacs'
+APPLICATION_NAME = 'BLACS'
 BLACS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
diff --git a/blacs/__main__.py b/blacs/__main__.py
index 16b52b7a..8a1368db 100644
--- a/blacs/__main__.py
+++ b/blacs/__main__.py
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@
 import labscript_utils.excepthook
 
 import os
+from blacs import APPLICATION_NAME, BLACS_DIR, DESKTOP_APP_MODULE
 
 # Associate app windows with OS menu shortcuts:
 import desktop_app
-desktop_app.set_process_appid('blacs')
+desktop_app.set_process_appid(DESKTOP_APP_MODULE)
 
 
 # Splash screen
 from labscript_utils.splash import Splash
-splash = Splash(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'blacs.svg'))
+splash = Splash(
+    os.path.join(BLACS_DIR, 'blacs.svg'), application_name=APPLICATION_NAME
+)
 splash.show()
 
 splash.update_text('importing standard library modules')
@@ -72,11 +75,11 @@
 
 
 process_tree = ProcessTree.instance()
-process_tree.zlock_client.set_process_name('BLACS')
+process_tree.zlock_client.set_process_name(APPLICATION_NAME)
 
 
 # Setup logging
-logger = setup_logging('BLACS')
+logger = setup_logging(APPLICATION_NAME)
 labscript_utils.excepthook.set_logger(logger)
 
 logger.info(f'Python version {sys.version}')
diff --git a/blacs/desktop-app.json b/blacs/desktop-app.json
index 89ec31cb..b875a61d 100644
--- a/blacs/desktop-app.json
+++ b/blacs/desktop-app.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
     "product_name": "Labscript Suite",
-    "modules": {"blacs": {"display_name": "BLACS - the labscript suite"}}
+    "modules": {"blacs": {"display_name": "BLACS - the labscript suite", "short_display_name": "BLACS"}}
 }