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Re: scripting the dictionary app
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Re: scripting the dictionary app

  • Subject: Re: scripting the dictionary app
  • From: Yuma Decaux <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:18:27 +1300
Ok, so there's no elaboration? No metadata or xml somewhere where the dictionary app picks definitions from when offline? No other method to access the database? That's a bit disenchanting



On 26/01/2012, at 10:08 PM, Iurista GmbH wrote:

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> Am 26.01.2012 um 07.35 schrieb Yuma Decaux:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Is there any way to efficiently script the dictionary app? I don't mean GUI scripting nor picking out the definition from the spotlight, equally interface heavy and requiring "delay x" intervals hither and tither.
>
> Dictionary is not scriptable with Applescript
> Rudolf


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