Re: Applescript editor recommendations?
Re: Applescript editor recommendations?
- Subject: Re: Applescript editor recommendations?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:06:57 -0800
On 1/24/02 12:36 AM, "giggy" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Just starting in on Applescript (altho have C,Pascal,Perl,HTML etc
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experience).
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In the short time i have been learning, it is clear that i will
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eventually need a more complete Script Editor than Apple's own.
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Does anyone out there dare to make a recommendation?
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I have seen Script Debugger and FaceSpan on the net & have printed out
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their specs. but would like to hear some opinions from out there.
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FaceSpan isn't exactly a script editor. People who have it will tell you
what it is - a "front end".
Script Debugger is the greatest deluxe script editor in existence. it has
everything and gets better all the time. Since it's always up-to-the-minute
there are occasional stability problems, always being fixed. It's a simply
wonderful editor: the aids to navigation, breakpoints, watchpoints, lots and
lots of other stuff, is at least as good as any editor for any scripting or
programming language, or better. There's almost too much to describe, all
easy to use and "just what you've always wanted". Now I'm spoiled for
anything else. The best.
Scripter is an older, established editor that many people swore by when it
was the only one out there. Can't do OS X. Can't do scripts > 32 K text
source. Lots of good features, plain appearance. Solid and serviceable in OS
7/8/9. People who like it will write telling you what they like. I've only
looked into it, never really used it, so I'm not the one to say anything
much here.
Smile is an excellent, FREE editor, always being improved. I used to use it
- lots of great features, a version for OS X exists and is being developed.
Has great grep/search and replace (also available just using its Satimage
osax). Always intriguing and excellent for many uses. Not nearly as
convenient or deluxe for debugging as SD, which doesn't matter to everyone.
It works. Lots of navigating around from main script to handlers, different
windows for debugging different applications (doesn't matter much if you
only use one app per script, but otherwise it does.) You should check it
out: it's free.
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Paul Berkowitz