On or near 11/10/03 10:58 AM, Laurie A. Duncan at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
observed:

> On 11/10/03 1:41 PM, The Dept. of Homeland Security picked up the following
> electronic transmission from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> 
>> Meanwhile:
>> 
>> Try replacing "open location s" with this:
>> 
>> tell application "Safari"
>>   activate
>>   tell document 1 to set URL to s
>> end tell
> 
> The above works, but opens the google search in whatever tab or window is
> active in Safari. That is a bummer, since I always have multiple tabs open
> and I hate when they get overwritten by a new page.
>  
>> This will obviously make use of Safari, always, rather than opening your
>> default browser. It works, however. To make it use a new window:
>> 
>> tell application "Safari"
>>   activate
>>   make new document
>>   tell document 1 to set URL to s
>> end tell
> 
> This fails with an NSArgumentsWrongScriptError
> 
It works for me. I'm at a loss as to why it fails for you.

> What would the trick be to make it use a new TAB, rather than new window. My
> safari prefs are set to open all clicked urls in a new tab, but the first
> replacement you offer above overrides that.
> 
I've looked at Safari's script dictionary, and there is no way I can see to
specify using a new tab. Sorry.
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