Learning AppleScript for Beginners » POSIX http://www.scriptsforapple.com Discussions on AppleScripting, with emphasis on tutorials for those new to scripting. Example scripts of general utility, as well as some that relate to specific applications (FileMaker Pro, AppleWorks, Script Editor, specialized scripts and others). Some discussion of HyperCard and AppleScript and the Classic (OS9) environment Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:30:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Creating a Calendar in TextEdit with Shell Script http://www.scriptsforapple.com/creating-a-calendar-in-textedit-with-shell-script/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/creating-a-calendar-in-textedit-with-shell-script/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:58:41 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=1433 This is sort of a fun script which gives you some idea of the power behind the UNIX side of Mac OS X. Impressive as this little bit of shell code is though, it only scratches the surface on what you can do combining the power of AppleScript with the shell.

display dialog "Choose a [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/creating-a-calendar-in-textedit-with-shell-script/feed/ 0 Using Aliases and POSIX Paths http://www.scriptsforapple.com/using-aliases-and-posix-paths/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/using-aliases-and-posix-paths/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:18:53 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=1074

Over the time that I have been writing AppleScripts, I have found that one of the most difficult, if not frustrating, tasks of writing scripts is referencing files by path so that they can be accessed by other applications.

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