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Re: set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
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Re: set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters


  • Subject: Re: set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:24:04 +1100
  • Thread-topic: set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters

On 18/1/08 5:22 PM, "Ed Stockly" <email@hidden> wrote:

> I think that's confined to Script Editor. If you set them in Script
> Editor it doesn't affect them anywhere else, but they are global
> across any scripts you open in Script Editor.

They're global to the instance running them. So they're also global, for
example, if you use them in a script run from an app's script menu or
palette; the settings will affect other scripts run the same way.
>
> With Script Debugger they are local to each script and at runtime
> they are local to each script.

That's because each script in SD4 runs in a separate instance of AS.
>
> My recollection is that back in the day, they would be global to all
> appleScripts running on the system at the time. (or something like that)

No -- that was the (incorrect, as it happens) perceived wisdom.

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
AppleScript Pro Florida, Feb 2008 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>


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