Re: Why doesn't this simple script work? (Tell block abuse strikes again)
Re: Why doesn't this simple script work? (Tell block abuse strikes again)
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't this simple script work? (Tell block abuse strikes again)
- From: Jolly Roger <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 15:18:40 -0500
On 8/8/2001 2:53 PM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
wrote:
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> *sigh* I feel like a broken record...
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I'm sorry. I'll try not to have any more problems
It's not you. Don't take it personally. It's just that this topic comes up
over and over again, and there seem to be a lot of people who like to argue
over whether tell blocks are abused as much as they are.
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> This is yet another example of how tell block abuse is a big problem. The
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> context in which you are trying to use the term "folder" belongs to Standard
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> Additions. However, since you used the term "folder" in a Finder tell block,
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> you have effectively caused the Finder to look at the term.
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That's Apple's fault for fooling me into thinking that the Finder does file
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handling.
How is Apple responsible for your misunderstanding? The Standard Additions
dictionary defines the "info for" term and the "file information" class, not
the Finder.
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> Coincidentally, the Finder dictionary also defines a term "folder". Since
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> the Finder only considers terms it defines, it is naturally giving you an
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> error since the usage does not fit the context the Finder expects. Get rid
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> of the tell block for this line and your problems will fade.
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Yep, that worked. Thank you.
Welcome.