Re: Finding Filenames that contain a certain string
Re: Finding Filenames that contain a certain string
- Subject: Re: Finding Filenames that contain a certain string
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:38:45 +1000
- Thread-topic: Finding Filenames that contain a certain string
On 21/7/07 5:19 AM, "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden> wrote:
> One thing I don't like about shell scripting is it let's apple off the
> hook, rather than making some things scriptable they just give us shell
> scripting.
I think you're suggesting cause where it doesn't exist. Shell scripting has
got us off the hook. Relying on Apple to make things scriptable has always
been a lottery, usually with very bad odds. Have a look around, starting
with the Finder and working down/up. Now, at least, we often have an
alternative.
> Wouldn't you prefer if Apple made the dock scriptable? Wouldn't we all
> prefer if apple made all their apps fully scriptable?
I think we're all long past having any delusions that AppleScript is, or
will ever be, anything other than a minor bit-player in the Apple scheme of
things. People will continue to get excited when another Apple app gets a
handful of badly written commands added, but the reality is that we're like
beggars who are largely unseen. Hoping otherwise is just ignoring 20-odd
years of history. There is no new dawn up ahead.
If shell scripting lets us do things that are otherwise difficult or
impossible, terrific. Naturally, those more familiar with it will lean
towards it more often than others, just as some of us write memos in
InDesign rather than TextEdit. That's just natural. On a list where as often
as not multiple solutions are posted, it all tends to balance out.
The bottom line is that many scripters are able to do things they otherwise
couldn't because of shell scripting, and yet still integrate it into
AppleScript. To me, that's more cause for celebration than grumbling.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>
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