Phillip,
I think something has gotten convoluted along the way. =) The
constant annoyance I was referring to was clicking the file name twice.
I think it was Amber who was asking about how to bypass that "Are you
sure you want to change . . .?" dialog, and I was just commenting that
running a script would bypass the dialog and that Jaguar did not
include an option to make the computer stop asking.
I didn't know that you could drag Script Menu up to the menu bar
(although looking at that sentence now, it seems obvious that this is
the case.) . . . I have been using Script Runner manually all this
time, so thanks for letting me know about that!
--Courtney
On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 08:47 AM, Phillip Burk wrote:
> Courtney,
>
> Are you running 10.2? I'm fairly certain this applies for earlier
> versions but I'm now running 10.2 and don't have another machine handy
> for reference.
>
> If you go to the Applications => AppleScript folder, there is a menu
> item called Script Menu.menu. Drag that to your menu bar. You'll get
> a little icon that functions as a script launcher. Open a Finder
> window containing the files to which you wish to append .html. Click
> on the AppleScript menu and choose Finder Scripts => Add to Finder
> Names. You'll get a little window prompting you to enter the text you
> wish to add as a prefix or suffix...
>
> You'll probably need to refresh the window by either closing it and
> reopening it or clicking elsewhere and then back on it. But the file
> icons and their extensions should be changed.
>
> Also, David, not to pick nits, but if you click on the filename when
> selecting it in the Finder and THEN click and move on the filename
> you'll be able to rename it. Granted, it's TWO clicks, but not
> three...
>
> On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 08:11 PM, Courtney Simpson wrote:
>
>> First, let me wholeheartedly agree with your rant David. I rename
>> files all the time, and this is a constant annoyance.
>>
>> Second, I know next to nothing about scripts, but I do know that if
>> you
>> use one to modify file extensions, you do bypass that annoying "Are
>> you
>> sure?" dialog. You'd think that the machine would believe me after
>> thousands of extension changes.
>>
>> And for anyone that is wondering, no, Jaguar does not fix this
>> problem.
>> But it will give you a map to Apple Headquarters in Cupertino,
>> California, should you need to speak to someone personally about this
>> matter. =>
>>
>> --Courtney
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 10:39 AM, David Deckert wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 10:39 AM, Brian Scott Oplinger
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just off the top, I'm wondering if an AppleScript droplet that
>>> changes
>>> the
>>> last part of any file name to html when something's dropped on it
>>> might
>>> work. Sometimes such automatic doings have a way of bypassing Finder
>>> dialog boxes. Even if it doesn't prevent the dialog box, I'd think it
>>> would still help save you some time.
>>>
>> <snip>
>>>
>>> <rant>My pet peeve is modifying filenames in X. Click name. Click
>>> name
>>> second time so Finder knows you mean the name, as opposed to the
>>> icon.
>>> Click a third time because you don't want all the text selected.
>>> That's
>>> 300% more clicks than is necessary. It's OK if you want an all-new
>>> name
>>> because now all the text is selected the first time, but I usually
>>> only
>>> want to change one or two characters.</rant>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Whenever I add a file extension to an exisitng file (such as .html)
>>>>> OS X
>>>>> asks, "Are you sure you want to add the extension <whatever> to
>>>>> this
>>>>> file?"
>>>>> Usually I'm doing it because I've downloaded an updated version
>>>>> from
>>>>> Fetch,
>>>>> which gets saved as <file>.html.1, and I'm removing the .1 after
>>>>> having
>>>>> trashed the earlier version. Does anyone know how to stop this
>>>>> message
>>>>> from
>>>>> appearing? It's really annoying aftera few times.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Its more than really annoying, and it can't be stopped.
>>>
>>>> Brian
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