Re: Help browser font size / Signature appPath / Larger font for Help etc.
Re: Help browser font size / Signature appPath / Larger font for Help etc.
- Subject: Re: Help browser font size / Signature appPath / Larger font for Help etc.
- From: Paul Skinner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 14:42:50 -0500
on 3/9/01 12:58 PM, Nigel Smith wrote:
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At 11:37 am -0500 9/3/2001, Paul Skinner wrote:
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> Cleaver and insightful though they were. You, unfortunately, can't
I really must spellcheck! How embarasing.
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> really use much of the help from the applescript sourcebook with any of
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> these solutions. Most of that help is based on anchors like...
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> <a href='help:runscript="script-to-run" string="optional parameter"'>Run a
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> script<a>
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> ...which won't work in any environment other than the help browser.
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So do it the other way round -- change all the SIZE="2" tags in the help
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pages which are making the text too small for you to SIZE="3". Here's how I
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did it...
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Write a droplet (you may want to include some error checking :-) ):
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on open of theFiles
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set oldTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
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repeat with eachFile in theFiles
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set myFile to open for access eachFile with write permission
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set myString to (read myFile)
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set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"SIZE=\"2\""}
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set myList to every text item of myString
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set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"SIZE=\"3\""}
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set myString to myList as string
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set eof of myFile to 0
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write myString to myFile starting at eof
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close access myFile
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end repeat
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set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldTIDs
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end open
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Then perform a search in Sherlock, looking for all files whose type is
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"TEXT" and creator is "hbwr". Then drop one, some or all the found files
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from the Found Files window onto the above droplet, and all those Help
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Guide pagesa will have a 1 step bigger font.
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Nigel
Well done! Now the text IS readable.
But as I said, I already have a browser.
It holds bookmarks, it sizes text up AND down. I can choose the font,
text color and style. It slices AND dices!
I like your solution to the problem that the original poster posted. I
just wish it wasn't necessary.
The help system is very good. It should be insanely great.
--
Paul Skinner
Ron Chapple Studios
501 North College street
Charlotte NC 28202
704-716-9371