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Re: L3P v1.3 for Mac OSX
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Sat, 7 Dec 2002 05:15:42 GMT
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> If, IF I get it working. I have no idea what I am doing most of the
> time,

Don't worry, neither do I.  ;-)

> but sometimes get it to work anyway. With OS 9 I could create a
> drag-and-drop capable scriptlet/applet, but with OS X I cannot figure it
> out :(

The OS 9 script  should compile and work on OS X too.  I haven't been paying
attention to AppleScript changes for OS X since May, but back then the
scripts pretty much did the same thing they did in OS 9.  Post your OS 9
script and we'll see if we can help.

> It seems that there are depending on how you count them, there are three
> or four kinds of programs that run on OS X.
> Classic, OS X Carbon, Cocoa, Unix X11, and Unix Tools.

You forgot Java, which is a "1st class citizen" in Mac OS X.

> I understand that
> most unix/X11 applications wouldn't do the whole type/creator thing, but
> it is annoying that some of the Cocoa (Carbon apps too?) change their
> creator if you change their extension. Very crappy behavior.

Yeah, like when I try to download Ldraw Viewer .3, and for some reason the
file extension is ".si" instead of ".sit" and so it opens in Word.

OS X uses Launch Services to handle what launches with what.  In other
words, when you "Get Info" on a file and change the app it launches with,
that choice is saved in the Launch Services prefs.  I have had some trouble
with the Launch Services prefs getting corupted.  Apple still has some work
to do.

James



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(...) If, IF I get it working. I have no idea what I am doing most of the time, but sometimes get it to work anyway. With OS 9 I could create a drag-and-drop capable scriptlet/applet, but with OS X I cannot figure it out :( (...) It seems that there (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)

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