Re: To Script, or not to Script?
Re: To Script, or not to Script?
- Subject: Re: To Script, or not to Script?
- From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 09:37:30 +1000
on 18/10/01 00:21, Dave G at email@hidden wrote:
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If there were a practical use for AS, like for example, making Eudora
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transparent to Palm so that my incoming emails auto attached to any
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contacts mentioned in the header, that would be cool. Or going the
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other way, what use is the scripting folder in Eudora anyway? I
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really don't know? Please, I am not being rhetorical, argumentative
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or cynical and I don't really want to appear stupid. I just don't
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quite get it. yet?
You example of linking incoming emails to contacts in Palm would be quite
difficult. You are creating a data link that does not exist. BTW Microsoft
Entourage does this automatically for you.
What Scripting can do is synchronise the email addresses in your Palm with
those in Eudora. I used to do this between Claris Emailer and my Palm. This
was after I found out I didn't have all my friends' email addresses while
travelling in Europe.
What AppleScript is good for, especially when using a script menu in an
application, is replacing what would be several steps with one. I use
Microsoft Entourage. The scripts I have created that I use often are:
1. Set the SMTP server on all my POP accounts to a specific server.
2. Display a window listing of all unread messages, no matter what folder
they are in. This also has a key command to action it.
3. View all contacts who are in my city.
I could do all these myself, but they would require several steps. Using
AppleScript has reduced them to just selecting a menu item. It used to be
that people would want functions like these built into an application. With
AppleScript, applications developers can leave these little features out.
Users can then tailer the application to suit their needs.
My only gripe is that not everything is scriptable. I am finding I want to
script something but the developers have not done the work to make it
scriptable. That's the feature I want. More scriptability.
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Matthew Smith