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Re: Getting the default language with AppleScript
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Re: Getting the default language with AppleScript


  • Subject: Re: Getting the default language with AppleScript
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:11:47 -0700

On 7/6/04 2:26 PM, "Martin Orpen" <email@hidden> wrote:

> on 6/7/04 8:35 pm, Paul Skinner at email@hidden wrote:
>
>> do shell script "defaults read -globalDomain AppleLocale"
>
> Nice one Paul - and no need to type "-globalDomain" as "-g" is good enough:
>
> do shell script " defaults read -g AppleLocale"
>
> But where is this plist file?

As I recall, many of these defaults are only written to a plist file (in
Panther) if you have a Customized setting in System
Preferences/International, (including Formats for date & time, etc.)
Otherwise they simply implement pre-set defaults built in by Apple to each
language/region choice.

--
Paul Berkowitz
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