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Why is AS so poorly documented?
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Why is AS so poorly documented?


  • Subject: Why is AS so poorly documented?
  • From: Michael Superczynski <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:58:34 -0400

I've just started discovering AppleScript and like it a lot.

But the lack of decent documentation is a problem. I've looked far and wide but can't locate a comprehensive reference manual. The documentation on Apple's site isn't very detailed and many, many features are missing.

I've looked at some of the commercial book offerings, such as O'Reilly's AppleScript in a Nutshell but found them all to be lacking technically.

I do have years of programming experience so I'm not having problems figuring out the basics of AppleScript but the details are hard to discern.

For instance, where is the command "keystroke" defined?

I've read a lot of the posts on this list and have been quite astonished at the flexibility of the many scripts posted here. But much of the syntax/keywords don't seem to be described anywhere.

How do you all discover the "hidden" pieces of AS?

Thanks!
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