Re: Source Text of Script Objects
Re: Source Text of Script Objects
- Subject: Re: Source Text of Script Objects
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 18:58:02 -0800
On 12/31/01 6:31 PM, "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On 1/1/02 12:25 PM +1000, Paul Berkowitz, email@hidden, wrote:
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> The few commands I think most essential?
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> type text -- Sigma's Additions
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> keys pressed -- Jon's commands , or go all out with input state -- Akua
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> Sweets
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> the ticks -- Jon's Commands
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> extended info for -- Akua Sweets -- i.e. beef up 'info for' from Standard
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> apply catalog info -- Akua Sweets
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> the entries in -- Akua , i.e. beef up 'list folder'
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> the clock -- Akua
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> ?? puppet menu -- Akua, if they can do it better
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> play sound -- Jon's
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> munge -- Akua, or an equivalent from ACME, whatever
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Interesting. I've only ever used four of them, and only two of them (the
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first two) would be likely to make my list. But I confess I don't even know
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what some of them do.
Well, I suppose that 'extended info for' and 'apply catalog info' can also
all be done by the Finder. (Anyone familiar with my diatribes against the
Classic Finder might be amazed by this last comment.) So I don't suppose
they'd want to duplicate those. Scrub them. 'the entries in' can sort of be
done by the Finder, but it's so much better and easier this way: since 'list
folder' already exists, why not make it better? I can't imagine they want to
tackle 'puppet menu' (basically a 'do menu' for all apps) but since there
are no macro utilities in OS X to do this, it would be a great boon -
basically it would make all non-scriptable apps scriptable if they are
frontmost. I've never used 'play sound' myself, but it seems a fairly basic
requirement. 'munge' is a simple, easy 'search and replace' with extras -
yes, all that can be done by tids, but really there ought to be a built-in
osax for it.
The others:
type text
keys pressed
the clock
are the most essential of the most essential. (Only 'the clock' and Tanaka's
can give you the short date in the user's exact Date & Time format, and the
clock is better, complete with the correct separators, leading zeroes, etc..
We shouldn't need to make do with approximate, non-localized versions and
workarounds. the first two need no explanation.
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Paul Berkowitz