Looking into AppleScript (Was: Re: Scripting Mail:get selection)
Looking into AppleScript (Was: Re: Scripting Mail:get selection)
- Subject: Looking into AppleScript (Was: Re: Scripting Mail:get selection)
- From: Jakob Peterhänsel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 04:39:02 +0100
Hi All.
1: I must say this discussion has gone away from the Subject!
2: I have to agree with the non-Apple folks around here, that despite
whatever you think of AppleScript, it's Not that easy to start using!
a) As mentioned, the online documentation is way-old, and frankly is
very frustrating.
b) Any documentation found, is written from developers, to developers.
As I recall AS, it was meant to be for the average John Doe, unwrapping
his/hers new Mac and start doing Smart stuff with it. Record this,
save as script and off you go... a shame that only about 2% of the
Scriptable app have a decent Recordable AS feature.
c) "Just look up the features in the Dictionary" He... go figure!
Ok Apple guys! Have you EVER showed a Dictionary to your MOM and asked
her to (it's not cheating to hand-out the current documentation...
1.3.7?) to script Mail, or Address Book? Even just the Finder?
Now, if the Dictionary had small examples in it... not complete tell
blocks, but snippets. Like just show a complete display dialog feature
set written out, or how DO you get that song selected in that iTunes
playlist with name "my Song". Hey, try to go figure how to select your
favorite Radio station in the right bitrate! Without moving a copy to
you MyRadio playlist first!!! I gave up! Actually, I tried to record
it, but the only thing recorded was action performed on DragThing... go
figure...
I'm sorry Cricket (or what your real name is) - AS is NOT as easy as
you try to make it - in fact, I would say that PHP is a lot easier! But
maybe that's due to the documentation being there, and being up-to-date.
Try find documentation about 'run', or detailed info about the
date/time features! I had to use Google, and the first 3 pages pointed
to non-Apple.com sites... go figure!
PS: Why does the TRY thing exist? Hey, I'm 'tell'ing the application to
do stuff, ain't that trying????
PSS: All those references to <inherit> in the dictionaries, why don't
they SHOW what they inherit from??? 'supercalls'... Ahh, ok! What
SuperMan...???
Jakob Peterhdnsel
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