Re: Xcode4 : AppleScript : How to get the current text document?
Re: Xcode4 : AppleScript : How to get the current text document?
- Subject: Re: Xcode4 : AppleScript : How to get the current text document?
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:20:43 +1000
- Thread-topic: Xcode4 : AppleScript : How to get the current text document?
On 4/8/11 10:28 PM, "Jerry Krinock" <email@hidden> wrote:
> The difference between me and an AppleScript expert is that you know where to
> throw in magic words like 'get' and 'a reference to' so that magic words like
> 'whose' will work.
Well the need for magic words like "get" is a sign of poor implementation.
> I just wish I had some idea where Apple was going with this. User Scripts?
> AppleScriptability? Neither? "Setter not *yet* implemented" implies that it
> may be fixed someday. But then, we're looking at a "dot 1" release here
> with Xcode 4.1.
FWIW, I suspect Xcode 3.x's AppleScript scripting worked as well as it did
at least in part because it had to play nice with the AppleScript Studio
dictionary, so from that point of view I wouldn't hold my breath.
User-controlled automation seems to be out of favor (and not just within
Apple).
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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