Re: Applescript in a Nutshell
Re: Applescript in a Nutshell
- Subject: Re: Applescript in a Nutshell
- From: Joey Parshley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:38:14 -0500
Thanks to all for your information Especially Mr. Tea and Bill Briggs. I
only hope that in the future I will be able to be on the giving side of this
mailing list. It is really a great resource.
On 11/7/02 6:19 AM, "Bill Briggs" <email@hidden> wrote:
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At 7:26 PM -0500 06/11/02, Joey Parshley wrote:
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> Does applescripting not carry over into Jaguar?
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AppleScripting does carry over into X in general, and Jaguar in
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particular, but there are differences, for sure. Many thing that
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worked in OS 9 were broken in early versions of X, and gradually they
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have been getting fixed, or being implemented. Folder Action, for
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example, were gone until Jaguar. Now they are back, and better than
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before. Some things are gone, probably for good, like Finder
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recordability.
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The problem with the book you have is that it was released before OS
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X shipped. At that stage, AppleScript in X was a shambles, and he
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couldn't possibly know what was going to work and what not. So far
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there's no AppleScript book with current information about scripting
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in X. The AppleScript chapter in Pogues Missing Manual for X, second
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edition, is up to date, but it's only 30 pages, and there's a very
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limited amount of material there.
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Maybe I need to get at this book I've been working on and finish it.
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If only there were more time.
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