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Re: AppleScript "file type" becomes "file kind" when compiled in Xcode
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Re: AppleScript "file type" becomes "file kind" when compiled in Xcode


  • Subject: Re: AppleScript "file type" becomes "file kind" when compiled in Xcode
  • From: Mr Tea <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:04:27 +0000

On 29 Feb 2004, at 11.55 am, Mark Douma wrote:

If I replace "file type" with "+class asty;" and then compile, it works correctly-- Xcode shows "file type"!

um, lovely. that should actually be (or at least look like) "<<class asty>>"

What it actually is, is those chevron thingies, or "LEFT-POINTING and RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION" at least according to the Character Palette. Use Option-\ and Option-Shift-\ to type them.


This is a long-standing gripe about Apple's lists, which don't like any of them fancy characters. The result is that many characters commonly used in AppleScripts can't be reproduced on the AS list (!). The workaround is to 'approximate' the characters (as you have done) or describe them. Those chevron whatsits have been called many things here. The most accurate term is probably 'guillemets', although this always puts me in mind of a certain auk-related sea bird.


Mr Tea
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