Re: AppleScript Documentary
Re: AppleScript Documentary
- Subject: Re: AppleScript Documentary
- From: "Ray Barber" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:31:30 -0500
We have been working (unfortunately for quite some time >:) on a new FAQ
based system that most likely approaches what Paul is suggesting. And, as
well as some other useful updates to all of our sections on macscripter.
I would be interested in what everyone would like to see in a FAQ over and
above what has already been mentioned. For that matter, if folks have
comments (or ideas) on our current website, good or bad. Our quest is to
form as well balanced a resource as is possible. >:)
We hope to bring all the above online very soon.
Cheers
Ray Barber
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From: Paul Skinner <email@hidden>
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To: AppleScript Users Users <email@hidden>
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Subject: AppleScript Documentary
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Date: Wed, Feb 26, 2003, 7:40 AM
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No, It's not on PBS. Jane Goodall is not involved. And, no, you won't
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see the grooming and eating habits of AppleScripter's up close!
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What I'm speaking about is just an idea. If I want to know something
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deep and dark and rare about Applescript. I don' t look for
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documentation. That would be pointless and foolish. I come here. This
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list's members are the best source of information about AppleScript on
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the planet. But it's not very accessible. Some of the members of this
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list work and eat and sleep when they could be answering questions!
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Many of us could explain (and do, again and again) the TIDs function
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and use. But is there even a FAQ? No! Why not? Wouldn't it be nice if
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you could say...Go to
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http://www.macscripting.com/applescript/documentation/
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textitemdelimiters/ and be done?
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What I suggest is that someone (TBD) operate a geeklog* powered
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AppleScript site that functions as a way of making documentation and
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discussion available continuously. See macosxhints.com as an example.
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Implement a user-based rating a-la slashdot and you've got something
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really useful. Someone on this list knows all about some application's
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scripting implementation. That knowledge was earned by virtue of
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suffering and anger. But if they share it, they get to redeem a bit of
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that,
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I know many people will respond by saying 'Great idea. You go set it
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up.' Well, someone on this list knows a lot more than I about geeklog,
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and someone is already running one. I'd be glad to participate, but
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maybe using this forum we could find the abilities and capacities
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within this group to create a new one (orthogonal to this one of
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course!)
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So, Who would like to be able to go to the 'ApplicationName' tag,
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search a hypertext dictionary for a command and find battle tested code
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and discussion as to implementation and perils? I would!
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It appears that those who are implementors are already discussing the
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way some of this should work in the language. (Re: Dictionaries
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was Re: Scripting Mail:get selection). Apple couldn't put together the
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knowledge and experience that is available in all of YOU regardless of
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the number of engineers and writers they threw at the idea. You are the
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users. You are the elite experts in the field. Share your knowledge.
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But technology could make it much more useful, maintainable and
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beneficial. Again and again I've read posts saying that the one really
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powerful thing that AppleScript has is a community that shares and
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helps very readily. I suggest we leverage that.
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So, any thoughts? : )
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Paul Skinner
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*Or similar application. I'm log-agnostic.
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