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Re: Reading "AppleScript, the definitive guide"
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Re: Reading "AppleScript, the definitive guide"


  • Subject: Re: Reading "AppleScript, the definitive guide"
  • From: Thomas Fischer <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 10:03:43 +0100

Dear Jean-Christophe,

I learned most of what I know about AppleScript by studying the AppleScript
Language Guide
(https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/),
 which unfortunately doesn’t seem to be available from Apple as a single PDF
document anymore. Older versions are available on the internet
(https://applescriptlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/applescriptlanguageguide-2013.pdf
 might be the newest one). Only much later an for specific subtleties I turned
to "AppleScript, the definitive guide“, which helped me further along.

And this is somewhat off-topic: If you are comfortable with emacs, by any
means, stick to it. I am not, and am using for 20 years or so TextWrangler or
BBEdit, which is a powerful text editor that integrates Perl, shell scripts
(bash etc.) and several other languages as well as AppleScript. Since it sports
a standard Apple-style GUI I find it much easier to work with than emacs.

All the best
Thomas

> Am 09.11.2017 um 00:32 schrieb Jean-Christophe Helary
> <email@hidden>:
>
> Jim,
>
> Thank you for the suggestions.
>
>> Have you been through AppleScript: Topics
>> <https://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/learn.html> at
>> macosxautomation.com <http://macosxautomation.com/>?
>
> Not yet  :-)
>
>> IMO, this is one of the best introductions to AppleScript.  I believe it
>> will meet, or exceed, your experience below with Perl.
>
> Especially considering that I never had a real use for Perl in the end.
>
>> There is also a lot of good stuff here:
>> MacScripter / unScripted
>> <http://macscripter.net/viewforum.php?id=31>(AppleScript Tutorials)
>
> I'll check.
>
> Today I'm left with 2 solutions for automating my stuff: Applescript for
> almost everything I need, and emacs for writing (and more, but only bits by
> bits). No need to emphasize the fact that they both are strange bests to ride
> and that they certainly provide for most of the stimulation I need on any
> single day, if not more...
>
>
> Jean-Christophe Helary
> -----------------------------------------------
> @brandelune http://mac4translators.blogspot.com
> <http://mac4translators.blogspot.com/>
>
>
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