Re: Recommendations for AppleScript Formatting
Re: Recommendations for AppleScript Formatting
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for AppleScript Formatting
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:43:45 -0700
At 16:41 +0100 10/24/2001, has wrote:
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One other idea... maybe have an option to let users to toggle between
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'hinted' formatting, where differences are fairly minimal, and 'blatant',
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where they are extremely obvious.
This sounds good.
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I find that for much of the time I don't need one bit of text to appear in
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"10pt Old English" and another in "18pt Sand";) in order to read or write a
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script. Widely varying fonts/sizes/styling may also reduce ordinary
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readability (a reason why I mostly use only colour to differentiate stuff
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myself). Other times I do need some obvious reminder as to which word's a
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variable and which is a keyword. Anyway, it's just a thought.
What we're discussing (at least in the center of the thread) is how
AppleScript should come out of the box. I believe many of those early in
their AppleScript experience need much more help than AppleScript currently
gives (but NOT 18pt Sand, etc--San Francisco would be nice for
comments...NOT!). As one gains experience, one can (and should!) find
formatting which works well...it may be unlike anyone else's formatting.
And except when exporting to HTML or trading screen shots (yuck), one isn't
forcing one's style on anyone but the burglar who takes the time to look
before or after making off with the computer.
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA