Re: Metamorphosax! (revisited)
Re: Metamorphosax! (revisited)
- Subject: Re: Metamorphosax! (revisited)
- From: David Blache <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:58:21 -0600
on 2/6/2001 3:34 PM, email@hidden (email@hidden) wrote:
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> I am beginning to do just that with my current scripting additions. And
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> all future scripting additions I release will be packaged as scriptable
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> faceless background applications.
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That is good news. : )
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> Scriptable FBAs have many benefits over standard scripting additions,
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> and not many drawbacks. One big benefit is that moving a scriptable FBA to
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> Mac OS X is easy - I still know of no way to make standard scripting
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> additions run native under Mac OS X.
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You know, if we think about OS X and appleScript it's pretty easy to
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imagine Osax developers like Jon Pugh and the Tanaka and the AKUA people
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who came to AppleScript's rescue before we had a scriptable finder stepping
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in once again to save the day with a collection of FBA's containing all the
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commands we need until the Finder team and all the other Apple teams get on
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board with AppleScript!
Yep - I say bring it on. I would hope these guys are considering moving
most or all of their stuff to Mac OS X. I'm personally going to try to do
what I can to port FindFile and other scripting additions to Mac OS X. Now
is definitely a great time to let scripting addition authors know what
features you need/want in Mac OS X.
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> My latest scripting addition, System Language 1.0, is an open-source
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> scriptable FBA. It's freeware, open source (hack away! =), and licensed
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> under the GNU General Public License. Check it out here
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> http://microcosmsoftware.com/systemlanguage.html
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Cool! I'm downloading is as soon as I send this message. (What does it
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do?)
It lets you determine what language a system is using via Applescript. I
use it in one of my Applescript solutions to switch languages on-the-fly
based on a menu selection set by the end user. That way I can single-source
my scripts, storing all text in resources, and based on the current
language, display all messages in the correct language. Works great. :)
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> I'll be rewriting the rest of my scripting additions as scriptable
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> faceless background applications as I find the time. FindFile will
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> probably be the first, others to follow.
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Great, I'd be happy to beta test if needed!
I'll add you to the list.
-David