Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
- Subject: Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
- From: Michael Kelly <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:16:07 -0800
- Mail-followup-to: email@hidden
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 08:25:25PM +0100, Philippe GRUCHET wrote:
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From: Michael Kelly <email@hidden>
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>If you want Perl documentation, there are plenty of places to get it
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>other than from Apple. For Apple to document Perl would be like
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>Microsoft documenting PHP -- it would be redundant, and there would be
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>no logical reason for it.
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I agree, but some substantial examples for the - 'do shell script'
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command - would be the welcome, as starting blocks at least.
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None of the "Script Editor Scripts" provided with SE2 contains a 'do
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shell script' command.
Perhaps... one or two good examples and a pointer to find the real
(in-depth) documentation.
[snip]
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>... I will add that Apple seems to have a tremendous aversion to
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>documentation of any kind, as they don't document their own language,
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>let alone someone else's.
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You seem to be very frustrated about the lack of documentation
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concerning the AppleScript language.
Yes, I suppose that comes across rather strongly :)
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Many of us have learned (or being to learn) this language:
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1) From the Apple's documentation:
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AppleScript Language Guide (415 pages)
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For AppleScript 1.3.7
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May 5, 1999
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AppleScript Finder Guide (161 pages)
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AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide (130 pages)
AHA! I knew about the Language Guide, but I had never heard of the other
two. I'll definitely have to check these out. Thank you!
[snip]
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>...AppleScript's attempt at using an "English-like" syntax has made it
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>tremendously complicated; more so than C-based languages like Perl, in
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>my opinion.
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Oh, yes, it's a very important and interesting opinion: coming from
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C-based languages, AppleScript appears as an exotic language.
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I remember this reaction about Lingo, the proprietary language of
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Director: exotic.
I suppose it is this "exoticness" that's causing me so much grief in
learning the language. I can't grok anything without braces and
parens. :)
[snip]
--
Michael
email@hidden
http://www.jedimike.net/
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