Re: Applescript
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 22:32:23 -0500 From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're going to be learning something from scratch, you might be best off downloading MacPerl and using that. Perl was built from the ground up as a text-handling language and from what little experience I have with it (writing the serial number decoder for the early Macs for the FAQ), I'd say it's *perfect* for what you want to do. Perl is perfect for most things. After all, it is the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister. :-) Jeff Walther -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Quadlist info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Applescript
My Reply follows quote. On 27/12/2002 02:18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don) Greetings friends; I just wanted to check in with y'all and ask about applescript. I have never used it and would like to know some details about how it works. BIG SNIP -- You ask a lot of detailed questions and the short answer is Applescript may be able to do what you want. However, Applescript is a programming language, so that is like saying Basic may be able to do what you want. It depends on a couple of things. First, the scriptability of the application in which you are trying to accomplish the task. Mac applications have certain functions built in that may be accessible via Applescript. Some are very rudementary (open, close, print) and others are extensive, allowing you to do almost anything you are clever enough to develop. What you are asking for is essentially a text (or string) manipulation. Most text processors will have this capability via Applescript. I found that the best way to understand the basics of Applescript is to pick apart scripts built by others and figure out ways to change their behavior. The same way I learned the basics of Basic (?? redundant) with my first Apple ][. In short, if you can do some programming, you can probably do Applescript. It has some peculiar syntax, but what programming language doesn't? Learning keeps the grey matter from turning to stone! Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Quadlist info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Applescript
At 05:18 + on 27/12/02, Don wrote: I just wanted to check in with y'all and ask about applescript. I have never used it and would like to know some details about how it works. If you're going to be learning something from scratch, you might be best off downloading MacPerl and using that. Perl was built from the ground up as a text-handling language and from what little experience I have with it (writing the serial number decoder for the early Macs for the FAQ), I'd say it's *perfect* for what you want to do. -- the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml _ -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Quadlist info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: guide to AppleScript?
On 9/24/02 6:01 PM, Quadlist at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But is there a downloadable guide to writing Applescript somewhere, on the Apple website or elsewhere? Where is there some documentation on it, for the average user? I have the book Applescript for Dummies - very good! :) -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Quadlist info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
guide to AppleScript?
Something about Mac OS 7.6 that I haven't seen mentioned on the lists: there is a control panel (can't remember the name) whereby you can set times for your Mac to boot itself up and switch itself off (either one-off or recurring). I don't know how modern the Mac needs to be for it to work... It doesn't seem to be installed by default, at least it wasn't on my Performa 630 (and I'm pretty sure I did a 'full' install of 7.6). Nevertheless, once installed, you can set the Performa to boot itself up, and later switch itself off, at predetermined times... cool! I found this CP buried away in the 7.6 install disk images, while browsing them with TomeViewer (I was hunting for the Infra Red control panels/extensions /whatever, which also weren't installed by default on the Performa 630, even though they appear to be necessary for this particular machine to use IR). I no longer have the Performa (now my parents main puter -- several 100 miles away), so apologies that I can't remember what the control panel's called. But no doubt other people on the list can help there. Which comes to my problem. If I could master AppleScript, I could schedule my parents' Mac to do a great many boring things in the middle of the night (rebuild desktops, defragment hard disk partitions, virus-check partitions, download email, make backups of all disks, etc.)... But is there a downloadable guide to writing Applescript somewhere, on the Apple website or elsewhere? Where is there some documentation on it, for the average user? Mike -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Quadlist info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: guide to AppleScript?
At 23:43 +0100 on 23/09/02, Mike Evans wrote: your Mac to boot itself up and switch itself off (either one-off or recurring). I don't know how modern the Mac needs to be for it to work... It I don't think it's an issue of modern; I think it's an issue of whether or not the Mac supports soft power. A lot of Macs will give a This control panel cannot be used on this Macintosh error when you try to open that. puter -- several 100 miles away), so apologies that I can't remember what the control panel's called. But no doubt other people on the list can help Auto Power On/Off. -- the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/ http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/ _ -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Quadlist info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
