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Re: Get only the name of the file, instead of the whole path!
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Re: Get only the name of the file, instead of the whole path!


  • Subject: Re: Get only the name of the file, instead of the whole path!
  • From: Axel Luttgens <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:50:22 +0100

On 18/01/08 18:03, Luther Fuller wrote:

[...]

Then, I went to my old copy of ALG [1993] and found that there is a "text item delimiters" property and it's a property of Scriptable Text Editor.

Next, I looked-up "text item delimiters" in the most recent copy of "AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf" [Dec 07] and found that it always appears preceded by "AppleScript's".



Hello Luther,

Just to avoid any confusion: in spite of its appearance in the December 2007 developer documentation set, that guide is still the one related to AS 1.3.7 and dated May 5, 1999.
We all are awaiting the new ASLG, announced to be coming soon... ;-)



Where is the distinction between "AppleScript's text item delimiters" and "text item delimiters" documented?


Michelle and Mark already provided the rationale behind the "AppleScript's" part.
It's very implicitely documented in the ASLG, for example through sentences like:


   "You can use the global variable AppleScript to get properties
   of AppleScript itself rather than properties of the current
   target. You can refer to this global variable from any part of
   any script."

That is, reading between the lines, "text item delimiters" alone could refer to a property of the current target.

Who said that point was never documented? ;-)
Axel
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