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Re: Part Reference Search Services
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:52:32 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Michael Heidemann wrote:
> Is this also available for PC user?
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> Sounds great, I want to give it a try.
Services are an integrated part of Mac OS X that aren't present on other OSes
(except NEXTSTEP/OpenStep, which aren't available any more). They make it
fairly easy to do what Jim did here. While similar functionality could probably
be implemented in Windows (via a tray icon, maybe?), it couldn't be done in a
standard way, and it would require a lot more work. The Services menu on the
Mac handles large numbers of items much better than the tray on Windows.
--Travis
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| (...) Sorry I didn't respond sooner, Mike. Anyway, Travis is right. It's especially easy to make services out of simple little scripts with a utility called ThiService ((URL) what it's worth, the scripts are extremely trivial - they simply open the (...) (17 years ago, 14-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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