It appears that Chris, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote (about AppleScript): >I put User Friendly in quotes because it was supposed to be >such, but as it turns out, is almost anything but due to poor >following of the syntax rules by most programmers when they add >applescript support to their applications.
I don't know much about AppleScript, but I have made extensive use of the "record" feature. Just set the Script Editor in "record" mode, go through a series of steps to do a particular job, save as "Run Only, never show startup screen," and you have made an application which will do a given job on demand. I have more than a dozen of these to shorten my work. So this is indeed "user friendly" although I cannot program in AppleScript - the "editor" does it for me. In particular, TexEdit+ is useful here because it is scriptable and will do a lot of text operations automatically when it has been used in a "record" with the Script Editor. For example, I often want to put a divider into some text: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All I did was invoke the Script that the editor made for me. With one click, the script finds the divider in Tex-Edit+, and copies it to the clipboard automatically. Just one more click to paste it where I want it. One of these days if I get a little spare time I will post a step-by-step example for the benefit of those who may not have tried it. I realize that this is pretty low-tech for most on the list, but handy for low-power-users like me. Best regards, Bill _______________________________oOo______________________________ William D. Bandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zephyr Cove NV USA ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
