Thanks - I'll take you up on that packaging offer. I'm not an expert in AppleScript, so I can't be sure, but it looks to me as though your script will create multiple windows if you drag-and-drop more than one file. You don't need to do that - ScanTags will accept multiple file name parameters, and show the tag information for all the files in a single window.
It's the absence of the lens names that prompted me to create ScanTags in the first place; it's a lot faster than firing up a heavyweight application (such as Lightroom) to see what lens I used. Once I was doing that I might as well show the other tags as well, so the information was all in one place. It's also handy to be able to write the output directly to a file, and to be able to batch process a list of image files. On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 06:46:39PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > On 2009-10-11 12:39 , John Francis wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 07:25:25PM +1300, David Mann wrote: >>> >>> Works well but I can't drag& drop onto its icon. Not a big issue, I >>> can just open a terminal. >> [...] >> Maybe one of the resident mac experts can suggest something? > > to begin with note that most of the same information (except the actual > lens name and the ISO setting) is available from a simple Get Info > (command-i) on the Mac > > anyhow, to get a command-line tool to do drag & drop, one can use a few > lines of AppleScript as a wrapper; rather than hard-code the location of > the ScanTags executable into the script, i assume ScanTags has been > embedded into the application package; instructions to assemble this > AppleScript/ScanTags package follow > > (John, i can send you a zip of this all assembled if you'd like to host it) > > save the script: > > - launch Script Editor, an empty "Untitled" window should open > - paste the script lines below into the window > - choose Save from the File menu > - under File format choose "Application bundle" > - enter a name, e.g. macScanTags, and save it somewhere > > embed ScanTags: > > - find the macScanTags application you saved in Finder > - right- or control-click on the file and choose "Show Package Contents" > - a new window will open up with a directory that contains a > subdirectory "Contents", open that directory and open its subdirectory > "Resources" > - place the ScanTags executable file into Resources > - close the Finder window > - try dragging an image file (or files) on the macScanTags application file > > here's the script (any line that's not indented is overflow, and should > be merged with the previous line): > > on open (some_files) -- if launched by dropping file(s) > set app_path to quoted form of POSIX path of (path to me) > -- path to ScanTags embedded in application bundle > set tool_path to app_path & "Contents/Resources/ScanTags " > -- clean up command line output > set output_filter to " | grep \"^ \"" > repeat with a_file in some_files > set the_path to quoted form of POSIX path of a_file > set the_cmd to tool_path & the_path & output_filter > set the_info to do shell script the_cmd > display dialog (a_file as text) & return & return & the_info > end repeat > end open > > on run -- if launched without dropping file(s) > choose file with prompt "choose image file(s)" with multiple > selections allowed > open (the result as list) > end run > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
