Obnoxious Script Editor 2
Obnoxious Script Editor 2
- Subject: Obnoxious Script Editor 2
- From: Rob Jorgensen <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 21:44:39 -0500
Howdy,
The following script, when saved as a stay open application, opens
the dictionary of the frontmost application in Script Editor 2.
During my tests, if I reopen the applet (click the script's icon in
the dock while the script is running), Script Editor, which is
already running, becomes visible but not active, blocking the
frontmost application that is still active according to the menus.
The weird part is that this behavior isn't consistent. Reopening the
script while switching back and forth between different apps
(scriptable and non-scriptable) doesn't always produce the unwanted
Script Editor behavior, and I can't detect a pattern.
on run -- do nothing but hide
tell application "System Events"
set visible of first application process whose
frontmost is true to false
end tell
end run
on reopen
tell application "System Events"
set visible of first application process whose
frontmost is true to false
set frontApp to first application process whose
frontmost is true
end tell
tell application "Script Editor"
open file of frontApp as alias
end tell
end reopen
My questions:
1. Why does Script Editor display itself in this way?
2. Does Script Editor 2 in Panther behave this way? My tests are
limited to OS X 10.2.8 and the beta release of Script Editor 2.
For what it's worth, the Script Debugger version of the script does
not behave this way. SD comes to the front only when issued an
activate command.
Thanks,
Rob
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