Standard Additions documentation
Standard Additions documentation
- Subject: Standard Additions documentation
- From: Chris Page <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:58:35 -0800
Terminology dictionaries are intended for the computer to compile and
decompile scripts, and to provide a quick-reference for humans. The
AppleScript Language Guide is intended to describe the language
generally, including how “make” works and what a “class” is. There's a
Help menu item in Script Editor that takes you to the ASLG. The ASLG
includes a section documenting the Standard Addition commands in
greater detail than in the dictionary:
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_cmds.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000983-CH216-DontLinkElementID_723
>
Mac OS X ships with a number of scripts that we hope serve as
examples. There's an alias adjacent to Script Editor that points to
them, “/Applications/AppleScript/Example Scripts/”.
The “do shell script” dictionary entry points at a web page with a
detailed discussion of the command, with examples.
I suppose we should think about updating the Standard Additions
dictionary to pick up the revised reference documentation from the
ASLG, but I'm hesitant to attempt to fill dictionaries with more than
quick-reference information.
If we added links within the dictionary to the ASLG, would that help?
Would anybody notice and follow them? (Has anybody noticed and
followed the one for “do shell script”?)
--
Chris Page
The other, other AppleScript Chris
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