Re: Move script problem
Re: Move script problem
- Subject: Re: Move script problem
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:03:39 -0700
On 9/12/04 6:10 AM, "Martin Orpen" <email@hidden> wrote:
> on 12/9/04 1:59 pm, Bob Hallam at email@hidden wrote:
>
>> on runError(this_File)
>> set Error_Folder to "OS_X:Users:Thisuser:Desktop:ERROR:" as alias
>> tell application "Finder"
>> move this_File to Error_Folder
>> beep 2
>> end tell
>> end runError
>
> No, no, no - things are moving too fast:
>
> Content-Type: text/enriched
>
> Getting some extra characters was great, but HTML?
Well, you've removed it here, but I kept it in my own response in this
thread, and even changed the color of one line.
I think it's really great, especially because lines will not break now. I
participate on another list where everyone, by definition (it's an email
client's mailing list) has HTML, and it all works perfectly.
It's _actually_:
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
and within that:
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
The first part of the message is:
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=US-ASCII;
format=flowed
So for those who do not have HTML or enriched in their email clients, or
choose to turn it off or strip it, they will get plain text as before; and
if they read format=flowed they'll get it with unbroken lines.
Those with HTML or other 'enriched' readers will get scripts with proper
color-coding as well unbroken lines for copying and pasting. This makes
scripts much easier to read: after all, that's why AppleScript has color-
and style-formatting. Does anyone here turn that off in Script Editor? Plain
black, no bold, no fonts? Well, you still can.
I applaud this move (thanks, Chuq) in spite of all the shouting from old
fogeys that is about to ensue here. Yes, email began as plain text. Email
has moved on many years ago to include other types of formatting. In my
opinion, formatted scripts are better than unformatted. For those who
believe otherwise and have found email clients that receive or convert to
plain text only - you are accommodated by 'multipart/alterative'.
Good going, Chuq. I look forward to a much more pleasurable use this list.
To those who fear this development: please give it a month or so to try it
out. Or turn off HTML (you're all good scripters - do it that way if your
email client permits and has no other way).
--
Paul Berkowitz
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