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: garbanzito <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:19:10 -0700
at 2002 01 30, 15:57 +1100, they whom i call Shane Stanley wrote:
On 30/1/02 7:56 AM +1000, garbanzito, email@hidden, wrote:
as to the argument that you can read the dictionary of
scripting additions, so can you read the man pages (ManOpen
is a nice GUI app for this), which are much more time-tested
and vetted for accuracy.
But they're largely useless for scripters with no unix background.
i disagree. they are frustrating, perhaps, but you have to
start somewhere. picking apart examples with the help of the
man pages can be extremely useful for someone with no unix
background. that's how i learned much of it.
anyway, my point was there is a convenient and comprehensive
reference capability for unix commands, which certainly
rivals the scripting dictionaries. a novice AppleScripter
might find the scripting dictionaries a bit frustrating too,
no?
if your point is you don't _want_ to learn unix, i won't
begrudge that if you don't begrudge my use of unix.
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steve harley email@hidden