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Re: Integration of Apple- and Tcl- script (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script)

Hello, Philip. Thank you very much for your elaborated and educational examples.
Your examples run in my 10.3.9 environment.

I understand that Tcl variables can be referred naturally in Tclapplescript.
I confirmed that Tcl variable '$message' in your example is evaluated in 'append script {}'
and not in 'execute $script'.
I understand that Tcl variables cannot be set in Tclapplescript.
They must be set by the command substitution '[]'.

You have answered all of my questions in your examples and I'll rewrite my Expect/Tcl script with Tclapplescript.

With Tclapplescript, I think Expect/Tcl/Tk is one of the most versatile script languages in OS X.
(I've been a perl-hater...)

On Oct 27, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Philip Aker wrote:

###
package require Tclapplescript
rename AppleScript ascr

set pstate [ascr execute {
set pstate to missing value
tell application "iTunes"
	set pstate to get player state
	if (pstate is stopped) then
		-- many lines of code here
		return stopped
	end if
end tell
return pstate
}]

set message "\"iTunes state is: $pstate\""

append script {
tell application "Finder"
	activate
	display dialog }
append script $message
append script { buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" with icon note
end tell
}

ascr execute $script
###

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References: 
 >Comprehensive Applescript Reference Book (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: "Hiroshi T." <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Comprehensive Applescript Reference Book (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Comprehensive Applescript Reference Book (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: "Hiroshi T." <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Comprehensive Applescript Reference Book (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Comprehensive Applescript Reference Book (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: "Hiroshi T." <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Comprehensive Applescript Reference Book (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>)
 >Integration of Apple- and Tcl- script (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: "Hiroshi T." <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Integration of Apple- and Tcl- script (Re: Applescript equivalent of $0 in shell script) (From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>)



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