Re: copy url rom safari to firefox issue
Re: copy url rom safari to firefox issue
- Subject: Re: copy url rom safari to firefox issue
- From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:34:02 -0500
On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:22, DealTek wrote:
> BTW: I wanted to make sure that firefox would open (in case it was not) so I added a few lines - Is this the best way to make sure firefox is open?
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Hey Dave,
On my system the additional code is unnecessary (see underlined below from the 'open' man page).
NAME
open -- open files and directories
SYNOPSIS
open [-e] [-t] [-f] [-W] [-R] [-n] [-g] [-h] [-b bundle_identifier]
[-a application] file ... [--args arg1 ...]
DESCRIPTION
The open command opens a file (or a directory or URL), just as if you had
double-clicked the file's icon. If no application name is specified, the
default application as determined via LaunchServices is used to open the
specified files.
The original code works reliably on my system whether Firefox is currently running or not.
Now then; if you want to know if Firefox is running for other reasons you can do something like:
tell application "Finder"
if (processes whose name is "Firefox") ≠ {} then
set firefoxIsRunningFlag to true
else
set firefoxIsRunningFlag to false
end if
end tell
You can also use System Events:
tell application "System Events"
if (processes whose name is "Firefox") ≠ {} then
set firefoxIsRunningFlag to true
else
set firefoxIsRunningFlag to false
end if
end tell
I usually use the Finder, because if SEV is not running there's a perceptible pause while it starts up.
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Best Regards,
Chris _______________________________________________
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