Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-25 Thread Ben Rubinstein
on 25/1/02 7:11 AM, Scott Rossi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like using the ascii for delete as a placeholder, because it works fine and there's no way a user has typed it. You know, that's a good point about not being able to type delete. formFeed is another useful option. But watch

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Geoff Canyon wrote: I like using the ascii for delete as a placeholder, because it works fine and there's no way a user has typed it. You know, that's a good point about not being able to type delete. formFeed is another useful option. Good idea, I

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-24 Thread Scott Rossi
On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 10:31 AM, I wrote: Am I missing something or is the launching URLs and mail links extremely easy in OSX? Using the following seems to launch IE or Mail perfectly: ### tURL is the HTTP or mail address to be launched put open location quote tURL

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-24 Thread Geoff Canyon
At 10:31 AM -0800 1/24/02, Scott Rossi wrote: Am I missing something or is the launching URLs and mail links extremely easy in OSX? Using the following seems to launch IE or Mail perfectly: ### tURL is the HTTP or mail address to be launched put open location quote tURL quote into s

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-24 Thread Scott Rossi
On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 11:09 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote: Does anyone know of a reason why this method should be avoided? Because programming should be hard! I remember when we had to write our own compilers BY HAND -- on an abacus! You kids today don't know how easy you have

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-24 Thread Geoff Canyon
At 11:40 AM -0800 1/24/02, Scott Rossi wrote: On a related note, I come from a print background where we created page layouts by having type set for us on photo paper and pasting it down onto boards with rubber cement. Making corrections to anything required cutting the paper with an

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
Geoff Canyon wrote: It _is_ slightly more difficult, since you need to watch out for the / character in the legitimate path, which will have been translated to a : You could either escape the : which always gives me a headache, or do a character-by-character switch. I generally go the

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-24 Thread Geoff Canyon
At 4:18 PM -0600 1/24/02, J. Landman Gay wrote: Geoff Canyon wrote: It _is_ slightly more difficult, since you need to watch out for the / character in the legitimate path, which will have been translated to a : You could either escape the : which always gives me a headache, or do a

Re: Launching a URL in OSX is Cake?

2002-01-24 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Geoff Canyon wrote: I like using the ascii for delete as a placeholder, because it works fine and there's no way a user has typed it. You know, that's a good point about not being able to type delete. formFeed is another useful option. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director