on 2/14/01 7:20 PM, Bill Cheeseman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Good OS X news for all you scripters out there, this time from:
>> http://wincent.org/showpage.php3?article=news/C4K46-3.php3
>
> All this is in Public Beta. Just not in the same places, apparently, but
> it's easy enough to find them.
Thanks for the update, Bill. The way it was written, it sounded like new
info. In any case, here's some details about AppleScript 1.6, from:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/0102/applescript16.shtml
"Most importantly, however, is that the AppleScript team has continued to
improve AppleScript's compatibility with Mac OS X. AppleScript 1.6 has been
enhanced to handle strings of Unicode text as first-class objects. This is
crucial since the Finder in Mac OS X returns all file names as Unicode text.
Much work has also been done to make Mac OS X's "bundles" or "packages"
compatible with AppleScript 1.6. In version 1.6, the AppleScript "Tell"
block can target a "bundled" or "packaged" Mac OS X application and Script
Editor 1.6 can display the dictionary of an application configured as a
"package" or "bundle." Additionally, AppleScript under version 1.6 will load
Scripting Additions that are configured as "bundles" or "packages."
...
The maintenance release will also clean up any loose ends in the interface
that have been lingering in recent release. For instance, the Dialect pop-up
menu has been removed from the AppleScript Formatting dialog box ( after
being nonfunctional since version 1.3 of the software), and that rare
problem in Script Editor 1.3 where resizing and moving the "Save As" dialog
produces extra lines inside the dialog, has also been fixed.
According to sources, AppleScript 1.6 aims to tie up any and all loose end
in the AppleScript implementation for Classic, before all of the teams
efforts are devoted to the new Mac OS X implementation of the technology.
"Apple Script is important to some of Apple's core markets and the company
wants to leave those classic users with a solid implementation," one source
said.
AppleScript 1.6 is currently in beta 4 and is due out in the spring.
=Dave
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