Re: what is the generic scripting system returned by osalang?
Re: what is the generic scripting system returned by osalang?
- Subject: Re: what is the generic scripting system returned by osalang?
- From: Chris Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:45:05 -0700
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
Timothy Bates wrote:
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if I ask what languages are installed
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type "osalang" in the terminal
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I get the answer
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AppleScript
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Generic Scripting System
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what is the generic scripting system?
I'll be darned -- someone's using osalang! If the -l option actually
worked in 10.0, you could get some more information out of it, but as it
is, you can't. (I've fixed that.)
Part of the idea behind the OSA (Open Scripting Architecture) was to
present a generic API for compiling and executing scripts, so you could
use not only AppleScript, but any other appropriately packaged language,
e.g., Mark Aldritt's OSA JavaScript. The "Generic Scripting System" is
how that's done. Most applications don't talk to AppleScript directly
-- they talk to the Generic Scripting System, which then figures out
what scripting component the request *really* ought to go to.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering