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  • Subject: Paragraphs in this mailing list
  • From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 19:16:46 -0700

At 17:04 -0800 11/9/06, Christopher Nebel wrote, on another topic:
>It's not a bug, precisely -- it's a very old Dialog Manager feature to do text substitution.  If it sees "^0" (or 1, 2, or 3) in a piece of dialog text, it will substitute the string set by another Dialog Manager call.  (ParamText, if you care.  No, it's not accessible from AppleScript.)  The only suggestion I can give you at the moment is "don't do that."

I was bothered that the text does not word wrap when I change the width of the message window.  Looking at the source I find this:

>bbs.applescript.net).</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>It's&nbsp;not&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;precisely&nbsp;--&nbsp;it's&nbsp;a&nbsp;very&nbsp;old&nbsp;Dialog&nbsp;Manager&nbsp;feature&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;text&nbsp;substitution.&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;it&nbsp;sees&nbsp;"^0"&nbsp;(or&nbsp;1,&nbsp;2,&nbsp;or&nbsp;3)&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;piece&nbsp;of&nbsp;dialog&nbsp;text,&nbsp;it&nbsp;will&nbsp;substitute&nbsp;the&nbsp;string&nbsp;set&nbsp;by&nbsp;another&nbsp;Dialog&nbsp;Manager&nbsp;call.&nbsp;&nbsp;(ParamText,&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;care.&nbsp;&nbsp;No,&nbsp;it's&nbsp;not&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;from&nbsp;AppleScript.)&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;only&nbsp;suggestion&nbsp;I&nbsp;can&nbsp;give&nbsp;you&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;moment&nbsp;is&nbsp;"don't&nbsp;do&nbsp;that."</div><br><br><div contenteditable="false"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Optima; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none;

Does the introduction of all those non-breaking spaces make any sense? Does it have anything to do with "proper" display of pasted scripts?

The originator is X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.853). It it coming from there or is an artifact of the way the list software operates?

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