Re: What is "system events" ?
Re: What is "system events" ?
- Subject: Re: What is "system events" ?
- From: Jim Underwood <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:24:47 +0000
- Thread-topic: What is "system events" ?
Jean-Christophe,
You have made some good points about the "System Events" app (which it really
is not). 😉
I have come to think of SE as the AppleScript Swiss Army Knife -- it is a great
utility for doing many, often unrelated, things.
I suspect that the AppleScript "old timers" know it like the back of their
hand, and don't give much thought to it.
But to those of us still learning AppleScript (which I still am), it has not
been clear. Like the Swiss Army Knife, some of the tools are fairly obvious,
while others are not. And like any tool, understanding a tool's features, and
knowing how to use it, and what use cases it is good/best for, are two very
different things.
Thanks for asking this question.
And thanks to everyone who has replied with a helpful answer. I've learned a
lot from you today. 😄
Best Regards,
Jim Underwood
aka JMichaelTX
P.S. So as to not upset the sensitive among you, I am bcc this to the
apple-dev.groups.io/g/applescript<https://apple-dev.groups.io/g/applescript>
From: Jean-Christophe Helary
<email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>>
Date: Friday, October 20, 2017 at 7:05 PM
To: "ASUL (AppleScript)"
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Subject: Re: What is "system events" ?
Ok, I had the idea that it was mostly UI scripting, but sometimes it would do
something else. Indeed, the dictionary covers a huge lot of totally unrelated
areas of specialization.
So I guess I just need to remind myself that "System Events" is a misnomer and
call that "Headless Applications Bundle", which is much less sexy, but more
indicative of what the thing really does.
Thank you again all who have replied.
Jean-Christophe
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