Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
- Subject: Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:24:02 +1100
On 30/1/02 4:10 AM +1000, Jon Pugh, email@hidden, wrote:
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Now I'm as much of a fan of AppleScript as the next guy, but frankly I see
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that hooking it up to the power of unix is in everyone's best interests.
No argument; it's the "how" that matters.
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Ed Lai has made a fine start with his KinderShell, which makes more and more
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sense as I think about it, to wrap shell commands in AppleScript.
That's the sort of thing we need -- they may not be scripting addition
commands, but they can be used pretty much as if they were.
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another point I wanted to make was that we could combine our efforts and
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create a bunch of AppleScript commands and their unix equivalents on this
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list. Then some enterprising youngster with time on his hands could build the
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aete and table that Ed defined and produce a new version of the KinderShell
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with vast and immense powers. Then we'll lobby Apple to include it, since it
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contains no code.
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Wouldn't that make everyone happy?
Great plan. So who's going to get the ball rolling with the main Jon's
equivalents? And do they still make enterprising youngsters?
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden