Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
- Subject: Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
- From: Chris Page <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:09:52 -0800
On Dec 18, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Paul Scott wrote:
On Dec 18, 2008, at 6:59 AM, Jon Pugh wrote:
I'm with Chris on this one. AppleScript is not loose at all. It's
an incredibly simple language.
It's simple only on the surface. Does anyone really expect a
neophyte to understand its intricacies? Especially since the
documentation only scratches the surface? And the problems aren't
just with the language per se. Are we really expected to depend
entirely on the dictionaries without any supporting documentation?
Just one example (of a myriad), what does iTunes do with "make" from
the standard suite? What doesn't it do? ... I feel abandoned.
Please post bug reports about specific applications, requesting better
scripting documentation. Ideally, ask for specific items, like
“document what iTunes objects can be created with make”.
<http://bugreporter.apple.com/>
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Chris Page
The other, other AppleScript Chris
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