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Re: First Script


  • Subject: Re: First Script
  • From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 20:47:48 -0800

At 14:53 -0700 3/8/2002, garbanzito wrote:
>at 2002 03 08, 08:04 -0800, they whom i call Elton Hughes wrote:
>> tell application "Terminal"
>> activate
>>[...]It works almost as expected, except that I get two windows. Why am I
>>getting two windows?
>
>in Terminal's preferences, under Startup, select the radio
>button "When Terminal start: Do nothing". that will supress
>the unneeded window.
>
>(if you start Terminal manually, just type command-N to create
>a new window.)

That's fine as a solution for use on one machine, if the user is happy with
it. But it would make scripts hard to distribute, since most users who use
Terminal some probably won't have changed the preference, and many would
probably say, after doing so in response to your README, or having your
installer do it to them, "YUCK...what happened?"

--John

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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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