If you think VB is verbose
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Try AppleScript[^]
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
set the folder_name to the name of this_folder
end tellAppleScript is one way to automate Mac OSX. It looks like Plain English Programming of Osmosian. Fortunately, it is easy to generate scripts by recording mouse and keyboard actions. But still, it is too verbose to write from scratch.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
AppleScript is one way to automate Mac OSX. It looks like Plain English Programming of Osmosian.
That was the first thing I thought of too back in the day when he was around. Kinda makes you wonder if there is PEP.NET floating around by now.
Jeremy Falcon
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Try AppleScript[^]
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
set the folder_name to the name of this_folder
end tellAppleScript is one way to automate Mac OSX. It looks like Plain English Programming of Osmosian. Fortunately, it is easy to generate scripts by recording mouse and keyboard actions. But still, it is too verbose to write from scratch.
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Been watching Spaceballs?
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I have not seen that movie in AGES! I need to hunt it down. Thanks for reminding me :cool:
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Try AppleScript[^]
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
set the folder_name to the name of this_folder
end tellAppleScript is one way to automate Mac OSX. It looks like Plain English Programming of Osmosian. Fortunately, it is easy to generate scripts by recording mouse and keyboard actions. But still, it is too verbose to write from scratch.
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Been watching Spaceballs?
Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]
Trollslayer wrote:
Spaceballs
My high school physics teacher actually had us watch that movie in class shortly before finals senior year. And then we had a quiz on it! (How fast is Plaid? Black body radiation of Dark Helmet's helmet? How long would it take Mega Maid to suck up the whole atmosphere of Druidia?) That was fun. :-D Dybs
The shout of progress is not "Eureka!" it's "Strange... that's not what i expected". - peterchen
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then you're too young to have suffered COBOL.
*shudder* COBOL was the first language they taught us on my Uni course, followed by FORTRAN. ALGOL at the start of year two, and finally PASCAL at the end. I think they wanted to raise a generation of bitter, twisted, verbose students, myself...
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
*shudder* COBOL was the first language they taught us on my Uni course, followed by FORTRAN. ALGOL at the start of year two, and finally PASCAL at the end. I think they wanted to raise a generation of bitter, twisted, verbose students, myself...
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
OriginalGriff wrote:
COBOL was the first language they taught us on my Uni course, followed by FORTRAN. ALGOL
Well, you knew in advance that was the Flinstones University. :-D
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OriginalGriff wrote:
COBOL was the first language they taught us on my Uni course, followed by FORTRAN. ALGOL
Well, you knew in advance that was the Flinstones University. :-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]Less of your cheek, young whipper-snapper! I'll have you know it was pretty hard using assembler on an abacus! ;P
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
Try AppleScript[^]
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
set the folder_name to the name of this_folder
end tellAppleScript is one way to automate Mac OSX. It looks like Plain English Programming of Osmosian. Fortunately, it is easy to generate scripts by recording mouse and keyboard actions. But still, it is too verbose to write from scratch.
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Less of your cheek, young whipper-snapper! I'll have you know it was pretty hard using assembler on an abacus! ;P
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
I'm not young, but my Uni course wasn't IT. That way I learned
C/C++instead of those ancient-programming-languages... ;PIf the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Less of your cheek, young whipper-snapper! I'll have you know it was pretty hard using assembler on an abacus! ;P
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
Lol, you youngsters & your assembler, we used machine code in my day.
