On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:32:07 +1100, Prime Coderama <[email protected]> said: >If no Terminal app is open, the following code opens TWO Terminal windows. Why >is it doing this? I only want one window to open. > >If only one Terminal window is open, then the following code opens only ONE >additional window. > >NSAppleScript* terminal = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource: > [NSString stringWithFormat: > @"tell application \"Terminal\"\n" > @" activate\n" > @" do script \"echo %@\"\n" > @" tell the front window\n" > @" set title displays shell path to false\n" > @" set title displays custom title to > true\n" > @" set custom title to \"My session! %@\"\n" > @" end tell\n" > @"end tell", name, name]]; > >[terminal executeAndReturnError:nil];
It actually might help you to read my AppleScript book! See p. 278 on the meaning of launch and on what applications do when they are launched implicitly by a tell block. m. -- matt neuburg, phd = [email protected], <http://www.apeth.net/matt/> A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool! Programming iOS 5! http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023562.do _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
