There is probably a place for sharing Perl scripts to run in NWE or BBEdit; have you found one?
About Word, though; the Office 2004 version has a totally new AppleScript dictionary that replicates everything one used to be forced to do in Visual Basic. New PDF manual all about it, too. Big drawback is that it _looks_ a lot like Visual Basic! It's a whole new ball game. But before too long, there will probably be some very good AppleScripts for Microsoft Word. Like you, I feel as though I am drowning in word processors and text editors. Should I invest my time in learning Perl, or in mastering the convoluted syntax of Word's new scripting dictionary? On the one hand, Perl is useful in many contexts, while learning Word's stuff will benefit only within Word. However, LOTS of people use Word... On 11/6/04 2:34 PM, "Mr Tea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This from Allen Watson - dated 6/11/04 9�12 pm: > >> Have you played at all with AppleScripting [Nisus Writer Express]? Is >> the dictionary fairly robust? > > Very, but that's not hard, seeing as it contains bugger all. Aside from the > standard and text suites, 'Do Menu Macro' is about it. > > Like you, I still turn to Tex-Edit plus because of its wonderful > scriptability. And, of course, I'm putting those perl macros together in > BBEdit. Plus I have a few legacy scripts that still do useful stuff in > AppleWorks. In fact, I'm drowning in bloody word processors and text > editors. Argh. Simplify... simplify... > > > Nick > pp Mr Tea -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
