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Re: Waiting for Godot
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Re: Waiting for Godot


  • Subject: Re: Waiting for Godot
  • From: List Guy <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:38:55 -0800

on 12/11/01 10:02 PM, email@hidden at
email@hidden wrote:

>> I apologize if this is a FAQ, but the archives don't seem very
>> searchable. How do I tell a script to sit tight and wait until a specific
>> application has been closed before resuming its actions? I want it to make
>> a set of changes and launch an application, then wait until the user closes
>> said application to reverse the original changes. Thanks in advance!


This sound as if there could be a long delay (e.g., hours) between the user
opening and closing the application. An idle or delay may not provide the
performance you wish. If you're using OS9, try one of the many timed,
automatic script launchers (which will launch an applet). This could check
if the user has quit. If you're using OSX, I'm sure some Unix utility
(chron?) could perform the timed launches.

----
Depending on whether you wish to know the time the computer has idled, or
whether you wish to schedule a script at times of day or following certain
events or repeatedly try:

Acron http://wrcu.coLgate.edu/sean/Acron/index.html
Akua Sweets http://osaxen.com/index.php3?id=akua_sweets
Cron http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/cron/index.html
Cruise Control http://www.walnutsys.com/
DaemonCron Lite 1.5 http://homepage.mac.com/dcoshel/daemon.html
idle time osax http://osaxen.com/index.php3?id=idle_time
idle time extension http://www.dijas.com/ely-old/files-scripting.html
iDo Script Scheduler http://www.sophisticated.com/software/
Keyquencer http://www.binarysoft.com/kqmac/kqmac.html
MacAT http://gimr.garvan.unsw.edu.au/gerham/macsos/macat/index.html
PowerTask http://www.compsoftspec.com/powertask.html
QuicKeys http://www.quickeys.com/
Scheduler http://hotyellow98.com/jvarela/
Script Scheduler http://www.wmotion.com/products.html
Script Timer http://www.theboss.net/appsmore/
Sleep Commands http://home.earthlink.net/~eagrant/
T-Minus Ten http://home.austin.rr.com/mk/tmt/tmt.html

You may already own iDo, as it came free with OS8 thru 8.6, I think.


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