Running an application -- dock question
Running an application -- dock question
- Subject: Running an application -- dock question
- From: "David G. Simmons" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:18:07 -0700
I have written a small (very small) Applescript to do random signature
generation, and have a question about it.
The first version ran in a repeat loop, with a delay in it, but running
it this way seemed to use a TON of CPU time (consistently ran my CPU
meter at about 80% on a 1 GHz G4), so I changed tactics and now it runs
as a cron job every minute or so. However, every time it runs, it pops
up in the Dock, then goes away. I wonder if either a) there is a way
to stop it from popping up in the dock or b) have it not suck up so
much cpu time in a delay.
I know, I can use the 'random' signature feature of Mail, but, well, it
you want to pull your sigs out of somethign like fortune, as I do, then
that means creating THOUSANDS of signatures and then randomizing them.
Not something I want to do, frankly.
Any ideas?
dg
Here is the script, which works just fine ...
tell application "Mail"
set sigs to signatures
set tmp_fortune to (do shell script "/bin/fortune -s")
set my_name to "David G. Simmons"
set myHome to "408-481-9222 (Home)"
set myCell to "408-480-2229 (Cell)"
set myURL to "
http://www.simmons-family.org/";
set tmp_sig to "--
" & my_name & "
" & myHome & "
" & myCell & "
" & myURL
set content of signature "Home" to tmp_sig & "
" & tmp_fortune
set content of signature "Internet" to "--
" & my_name & "
" & tmp_fortune
end tell
--
David G. Simmons
Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while.
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