Re: quit the dock - possible?
Re: quit the dock - possible?
- Subject: Re: quit the dock - possible?
- From: Gnarlodious <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:02:21 -0600
Doesn't work for me, the dock app restarts immediately.
I'm running 10.3.4
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http://gnarlodious.com/SantaFe/Tour.php?photo=35
Entity Paul Skinner spoke thus:
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Despite the rumors to the contrary it's not so hard to get rid of the
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Dock entirely. Save this...
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on run
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try
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set p to (path to startup disk as text) &
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"System:Library:CoreServices:Dock.app:"
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tell application p
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quit
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end tell
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tell application "Finder"
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activate
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end tell
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end try
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end run
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on idle
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return 60
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end idle
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as a application and name it 'Dock.app'.
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Run it and you'll be Dock-free, As others have pointed out you do
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lose some functionality. Alerts can't bounce up to get your notice, but
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I consider that a bonus. The only thing that's critical is that you'll
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need a new way to minimize windows as they have nowhere to hide. But
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that's another script entirely. : )
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Paul
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On Jun 17, 2004, at 4:17 PM, Armin Egginger wrote:
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> Hi Scripters,
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> I want to quit the Dock, but there is a automatic restart in it. Is it
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> possible to quit it by AppleScript?
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> Why? I want to have a "FileMakerRuntime Station" only on a exibition,
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> but the Finder always give the Option "Command + Tab" to change from
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> the Kiosk Runtime to the Finder. I want to quit these option.
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> --don't work
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> tell application "Dock" to quit
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> Thanks for your help
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> happy filemaking
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> Armin
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> ================
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> [x] cross solution
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> Armin Egginger
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> Otto-Wagner-Str. 7A
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> 82110 Germering
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> Tel.: 089/84102570
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> Fax: 089/84102573
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