Re: Still more strange things
Re: Still more strange things
- Subject: Re: Still more strange things
- From: Craig Sutherland <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:17:28 -0600
On Jan 27, 2004, at 8:18 PM, Deivy Petrescu wrote:
At 4:05 PM -0800 1/27/04, John Baltutis wrote:
>>>>> OK, I've now discovered that the reason I didn't see it is
that I
had some custom configuration in Script Editor. If I remove
it, it
breaks as you say. Written up as bug #3536946.
Can I get a copy of those "custom configuration" ? :)
I would be interested too ;-)
Could you tell us which checkbox to click (so that we don't have
to
wait for an update)?
"defaults write com.apple.ScriptEditor2 DisplayAsUnicodeText YES".
[...]
And where does one find the list of keys that one could add to plists
when
they aren't originally included? How did you know that you could
includ
John, if one screws up the app with one's new setting, then one did it
on purpose.
If one puts something, a new property that the app does not
understand, nothing will happen.
But I see the point, how does one find out about *those* settings.
Reading, searching, desperation and luck. I might be missing
something... oh yes! being friends with an AppleScript insider would
help.
The command in the instruction you referenced is 'defaults'. Entering
'man defaults' in the Terminal is a good place to start. Find out what
the command is capable of and what it affects. The second parameter for
the command starts with 'com.apple'. From the man defaults information
you learn that .plist files are containers for environment variables
about a particular process. See what com.apple.something.plists are in
your file system.
The information is there, it is not secret, but it is not a part of the
designed UI. It is not meant to be fiddled with easily. It is raw. So,
when firing experimental bullets in these areas without a thorough
understanding of what is going on doing, keep one for yourself.
Re-install, restore , repeat.
Why not begin at the beginning and find out about NeXTStep, OPENSTEP,
BSD and all the other places where that research can take you? The
evolution of Apple's software is fascinating. Get hooked on it like I
am and see the contributions different people have mode over the last
26 years. How their contributions have intertwined. It's really great
stuff.
Finding a magic list of keys is not nearly as much fun (at least for
me).
FWIW
Craig
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