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Re: Scripting additions to .plist?


  • Subject: Re: Scripting additions to .plist?
  • From: Michele Corum <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 17:18:11 -0700
  • Thread-topic: Scripting additions to .plist?

Thanks Stuart!

Really the question is not if we can add a line item to a .plist but "Do we
or do we not change user defined preferences?"

My Windows counterpart here agrees with meŠuser defined is user defined and
we don't change those once a user has defined them.



Michele Corum
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aap3 at Cisco Systems, Inc.
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San Jose, California 95134
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> From: Stuart Ramdeen <email@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 00:38:45 +0100
> To: <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Scripting additions to .plist?
>
> Sounds perfectly possible to me but you have the usual caveats regarding
> modifying a particular user's environment. What do you do about other users on
> the system, users that are added later etc etc.
> Can you give anymore details on what it is you're doing? Can you not edit this
> plist (what plist is it?) when the app/whatever is first launched?
>
> Regards
> Stuart
>
>
> On 3 May 2012, at 00:25, Michele Corum wrote:
>
>> Hey all....
>>
>> Is it possible to script a line item addition to a user's .plist file? It
>> been my understanding this is not possible. Please advise.
>>
>>
>> Michele Corum
>
>
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