Re: default language - do shell script - 10.2.8 problem
Re: default language - do shell script - 10.2.8 problem
- Subject: Re: default language - do shell script - 10.2.8 problem
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:22:35 -0800
On Mar 15, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Armin Egginger [x] wrote:
Hi Scripters,
i use the shell script to get the default language of the system.
Works fine in 10.3 but not in 10.2.8
my script:
set xTextLang to (do shell script "defaults read -g | grep
AppleLanguages")
my script:
works fine in 10.3 - BUT NOT IN 10.2.8
the result in 10.3
" AppleLanguages = (en, ja, fr, es, it, nl, sv, no, da, fi, pt,
\"zh_CN\", \"zh_TW\", ko); "
the result in 10.2.8 - without languages!
" AppleLanguages = ("
the result in the defaults in 10.3
AppleLanguages = (de, en, ja, fr, es, it, nl, sv, no, da,
fi, pt, \"zh_CN\", \"zh_TW\", ko);
the result in the defaults in 10.2.8
there is a return between the languages like
AppleLanguages = (
de,
en,
ja,
fr,
es,
it,
nl,
sv, ....
Is it possible to get the content in 10.2.8 also? Any Tipp?
First, don't use defaults | grep if you can help it -- ask for the
key you want:
defaults read -g AppleLanguages
--> (de, en, etc.)
From there, you can exploit the fact that AppleScript's "word"
elements ignore punctuation:
word 1 of (do shell script "defaults read -g AppleLanguages")
--> "de"
I can't swear that this works on 10.2.8, since I don't have a system
handy, but it should.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
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