Re: AppleScript Try 2 Improve, DIY Dragons
Re: AppleScript Try 2 Improve, DIY Dragons
- Subject: Re: AppleScript Try 2 Improve, DIY Dragons
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 15:34:03 -0700
Hello Ian,
I'm completely familiar with ResEdit, Rez, and DeRez and have done
serious resource bending for many applications. You can pick my 'xmnu'
resources for the Finale application at my site (e.g.). One of the
points about requests such as mine or those of others is that Script
Editor ought to be supplying an oft used menu command by default and
not require folks to go through the rigmarole every time an update
comes out.
Another (implicit) one being that the AppleScript division apparently
needs an extra member of the team. Someone who would be responsible for
Script Editor's "application" implementation. I say this because it
would seem that those currently in that department would have been
stretched to the limit at porting/adapting the underlying
AppleEvent/OSA APIs to OS X and just not have enough time left over to
modernize Script Editor. Although, as I mention in a previous post,
it's not inconceivable that a Cocoa-ized Script Editor would be in the
works.
Philip Aker
http://www.aker.ca
On Friday, August 30, 2002, at 07:58 PM, Ian King wrote:
Hi Philip,
Dictionary shortcut.
Did you ever see Bill Briggs, "under the hood" tweaks?
http://www.maccentral.com/
Abbrev Extract;
Okay, now that you've got the duplicate of the file, launch ResEdit.
After you dismiss the splash screen,
In the open dialog you should select the copy of Script Editor you
made when
you started.
When you open the resources,
Take a look at your own panel of resource icons and find the one called
"MENU".
Now double-click on the "MENU" resource. You'll see a bigger window
open
that has menu resources in it. Each one has a number below it, and each
shows an expanded or partially expanded menu item. The one you are
interested in is number 129, which shows the partly expanded File menu.
When you get to this stage, you're ready for the main event.
Double-click on
the resource that's circled in the above screen shot,
see the site...
and this will open up yet another window. This is the window in which
you
will do your editing.
You want to make a change
so to do that just click on the words "Open Dictionary...".
You'll note two things in this screen shot. One is that the term "Open
Dictionary..." has been underlined (this indicates that it's the item
in the
menu you are about to edit). The second is that there is a red circle
around
the text Cmd-key: and the small box that comes after it. This is the
only
place where you will make a change.
You'll note that the box is currently empty, but we're going to put
something in it before you're done, the only question is, "What?"
Thanks Bill !
Hope that inspires! It does work on AS 1.8.3, OS 9.1
Regards, Ian
PS
I tried to get Show Result & Open Event Log to be open by default,
but no luck.
Subject: Re: AppleScript Try 2 Improve
To: Christopher Nebel
Cc: email@hidden
I'd rather you spend the time on other things myself. For instance,
could you add something like <Command-Shift-O> for the "Open
Dictionary..." menu item in Script Editor and possibly get the
dictionary list dialog to remember its size and placement?
Philip Aker
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