Re: AppleScript-Users Digest, Vol 6, Issue 87
Re: AppleScript-Users Digest, Vol 6, Issue 87
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: including source code (Simon Topliss)
2. Re: including source code (email@hidden)
3. Re: including source code <Jim Brandt> (email@hidden)
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:15:18 +0000
From: Simon Topliss <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: including source code
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Hi Jim,
What I would do, and have done personally, is to break your libraries
into separate, related libraries.
For example, I have separate libraries named lib_strings, lib_numbers,
lib_write_to_file, etc. I've got 21 separate, self-contained 'master
libraries'.
Each of these separate libraries can load other dependent libraries
when called. So, if the lib_numbers requires the lib_strings script,
it loads this when it is loaded.
If you want an idea of an approach to achieve this, look at http://applemods.sourceforge.net/modBrowser.html
. Hamish (has) has a great selection of ready-made libraries that I
used as a starting point. His implementation is somewhat confusing for
most applescript users, but it's well worth trying to understand why
and how it's done.
Simon
On 20 Feb 2009, at 20:22, Jim Brandt wrote:
> OK, so I've been writing scripts off and on (more off than on) for
> maybe ten years now. While I first explored AS under OS9, I jumped
> to OneClick because I found it more consistant back then. When OSX
> became the OS of choice, I was forced to redo everything in AS.
> The road has been challanging, but enlightening.
>
> My question has to do with reusable code. Currently I have a half
> dozen
> handlers that I keep in a single file and load using a "load script"
> command. However, this means I load a fair amount of source code
> that I may not need for the particular script I'm writing, in order to
> get a single function that I do need. Is there a better way to do
> this?
>
> Would I be better off loading each handler as a seperate piece of
> code?
>
> Is there another option?
>
> TIA, Jim
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:26:46 -0800
From: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: including source code
To: Applescript Users <email@hidden>
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>
>> OK, so I've been writing scripts off and on (more off than on) for
>> maybe ten years now. While I first explored AS under OS9, I jumped
>> to OneClick because I found it more consistant back then. When OSX
>> became the OS of choice, I was forced to redo everything in AS.
>> The road has been challanging, but enlightening.
>>
>> My question has to do with reusable code. Currently I have a half
>> dozen
>> handlers that I keep in a single file and load using a "load script"
>> command. However, this means I load a fair amount of source code
>> that I may not need for the particular script I'm writing, in order
>> to
>> get a single function that I do need. Is there a better way to do
>> this?
>>
>> Would I be better off loading each handler as a seperate piece of
>> code?
>>
>> Is there another option?
>>
I would check out ScriptDebugger. It's not free, but it does have the
ability to automatically include handlers and libraries in your
scripts in a way that requires a few steps to set up and then works
without any extra effort.
http://www.latenightsw.com/sd4/
ES
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:56:08 -0700
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: including source code <Jim Brandt>
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On Feb 21, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Jim Brandt wrote:
>
> My question has to do with reusable code. Currently I have a half
> dozen
> handlers that I keep in a single file and load using a "load script"
> command. However, this means I load a fair amount of source code
> that I may not need for the particular script I'm writing, in order to
> get a single function that I do need. Is there a better way to do
> this?
>
> Would I be better off loading each handler as a seperate piece of
> code?
>
> Is there another option?
>
Depending on how much code you are talking about, another way to go is
similar to what Apple uses for some of their sample code. I use
insertion
wrappers around various handlers, and place them into the Scripts Menu.
Clicking on the menu item inserts the handler code at the desired place.
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