Re: [ANN] AppleScriptObjC Explorer
Re: [ANN] AppleScriptObjC Explorer
- Subject: Re: [ANN] AppleScriptObjC Explorer
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:31:02 +1100
- Thread-topic: [ANN] AppleScriptObjC Explorer
On 2/3/11 1:51 PM, "Ev" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Quick question/suggestion: Autocomplete/reference library? Just did a brief
> skim, didn't see any thing related to a reference library.
I'm not sure what you mean. For auto-complete it has Script Assistant, the
same as in AppleScript Editor, which some people love and others hate. As
for a reference library, do you mean a reference library for
AppleScriptObjC? If so, I'm trying not to reinvent the wheel. I can sell you
a book... ;-)
AppleScriptObjC Explorer is not really meant as a replacement for Xcode,
except for relatively simple projects (that is, those without much UI -- or
where you want to take an existing AS droplet and incorporate some Cocoa
stuff).
Rather, it's probably going to be used more an adjunct where you can
experiment with bits of code and debug them with the aid of logging and
without the continual build-and-run-and-click-and-enter-and-push cycles, and
then incorporate the result in a larger project.
As a simple example, take the problem Dave had here recently trying to open
what he assumed was a file reference in Text Wrangler. If he'd had
AppleScriptObjC Explorer and run the code with logging there, he would have
seen in the log that "set theFile to POSIX file DebugLogPath" was not
returning a file reference. (Sadly, he would have seen some oddness in
AppleScriptObjC Explorer's behavior too. Oh well...)
And on the subject of failing specifiers, it's such a common complaint that
I've made the section of my book that covers the problem available for free
download. There's a link in the Explorer page
<http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/explorer.html> or you can
get it from the link here:
<http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/gotchas.html>.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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