Re: mac to unix path names
Re: mac to unix path names
- Subject: Re: mac to unix path names
- From: Reinhold Penner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 17:23:00 -1000
JD,
So may be I should use "as Unicode text" instead?
It makes no difference.
I know, I tried it.
I don't like 'as text' but it works fine in this case. Even more I
don't like spaces in file names -- I'm joining the aliens :-) -- and
that's your problem I guess.
No, the spaces never cause any problems when you use quoted form.
If you make sure to get the thing quoted properly, you'll have no
problem.
But I do (well, the French user does)
Of course, 'quoted form' is no good if Madam calls her disk Madam's
Hard Disk;
No, quoted form handles that very well.
then you have to use escaped double quotes, and if she calls it
Madam's "Hard Disk"... ah well, time for bed.
tell application "Finder"
set f to item 1 of (get selection) as text
--> "dx:Users:jd:tr<egrave>s dur:"
I know, I can reproduce that. It works fine for me. However, my French
user has a HD that contains an <egrave>. It seems as if the quoted form
somehow fails when the hard disk name contains an <egrave>.
set pp to POSIX path of f
--> "/Users/jd/tr<egrave>s dur/"
do shell script "open " & quoted form of pp
-- works fine
Yep, this is all fine and dandy. I am just reporting what the French
user reported. As soon as he renamed his disk, the quoted form path
resolved...
end tell
you tell me ;-)
-Reinhold
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