Ah k yep. the double dash help is a pretty common unix'y thing, haven't used IM to convert and no mac so couldn't test. Thx for clarifying!
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Warren Samples <war...@warrensweb.us>wrote: > On 10/29/2011 09:40 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > > shell(/opt/local/bin/convert) >> > > Mike's response contains all the correct information, but it can be > distilled to this: > > change what you what you type into the message box to: > > put shell("/opt/local/bin/convert"**) > > This should display in the message box whatever the terminal displays after > you type "convert" in Terminal and press enter. > > The "put" is what will cause the output to be displayed. On my machine, > issuing the convert command without any args returns the help. This is not > uncommon behavior for cli programs. > > Also I note that while it is very common to require two hyphens before > whole word args, 'convert' doesn't seem to use any single letter args and > only responds to single hyphen (as compiled on my machine) args. This is > from the help itself: "-help print program options" > > Try: > > put shell("/opt/local/bin/convert -help") > ----works for me here, but if not for you, then: > > put shell("/opt/local/bin/convert --help") > > In an application you might prefer to use "get" in place of "put" before > your shell(). > > Best, > > Warren > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode