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Re: Cocoa AppleScript for Free?
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Re: Cocoa AppleScript for Free?


  • Subject: Re: Cocoa AppleScript for Free?
  • From: John Nairn <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:02:46 -0600

On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 07:30 PM, email@hidden wrote:

On Wednesday, Sep 17, 2003, at 00:58 US/Eastern, John Nairn wrote:

2. According to all dictionaries, the "at" in make is optional, but all
attempts to "make new document" in Cocoa without an "at" complain there
is an error. Is Cocoa changing the "at" into mandatory despite the
settings of the dictionary?

I don't think "at" is optional in the sense that it's never necessary.
I think it's optional in the sense that not every invocation is, well,
required to require it.


Apparently the "free" Cocoa implementation to make a new document does require "at". But the obvious question is why would Apple programs choose to make it required? The obvious, and most common, default when creating a new document is to have it appear "at front". When no "at" is provided it should just make it in front.

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