Re: tags manipulation
Re: tags manipulation
- Subject: Re: tags manipulation
- From: Bill Guion <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:23:20 -0400
> On Sep 29, 2015, at 5:29 AM, Christopher Stone <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On Sep 28, 2015, at 23:40, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> IF Tags contains 'Yes' AND Tags does NOT contain 'No' THEN …
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>> But if you're trying to emulate the binary nature of labels, you would only worry about the "Yes" tag -- you would ignore any other tags.
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> Hey Shane,
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> That is not the point though – as Michael said – he would have to be especially careful not to make a mistake when tagging files.
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> And this is why I suggested scripting the tagging, so it could remove the unwanted tag if it exists and be prevented from adding the wrong tag by mistake. He would have to make a special effort to use the Tags-UI to err, and that would afford reasonable safety.
But you don't need two tags, one "yes", one "no". A single "yes/no" tag must be binary.
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>>> The Label made it much more difficult for the user to make a mistake.
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>> Oh, sure -- it's much easier to make a mistake in the UI. OTOH, it's a real boon to be able to make a file belong to more than one category.
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> I absolutely agree.
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> I just have a sense of where Michael is coming from (or so I think).
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> With some thought and some trial & error I believe he can come up with a system that will work for him.
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> I don't think Apple will remove the label metadata any time soon - they haven't with other AppleScript related APIs – but you never know.
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> It would probably be safer to rely on tags and not labels.
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> --
> Take Care,
> Chris
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