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- Welcome to the RunScript readme.
-
- Version 1.0
-
- RunScript is a Shareware AppleScript MPW tool. It compiles, it decompiles, it
- executes and it returns results. What more could you want?
-
- The reasons for using RunScript over the AppleScript Script Editor are
- numerous: Search and replace features. Projector support. No 32K limit on
- scripts. Advanced editing features (like arrows keys that work with shift,
- command and option keys). Additional MPW tool support. ToolServer. The list
- goes on and on.
-
- The things that are missing from RunScript & MPW: Styled text support.
-
- Things that are planned for future versions: The ability to add comments
- (possible now with rez). The ability to create applets and droplets (you can
- decompile, edit and update existing ones now but I think a script and rez based
- solution for copying the resources will work).
-
- Usage:
-
- RunScript [-f] [-e] [-p] [-o file] [-l language] [-d dialect] [-t type] [-c creator]
- [-st type] [-sc creator] [-rt resType] [-id resID] [file…]
-
- Where:
-
- -f Write formatted and decompiled script data out. If the input is a
- TEXT file then this goes back to the input file, while if the input
- is a script file this data goes to the output file. If the input file
- is stdin or the output file is not specified then the output goes to
- stdout.
-
- -e Don't execute the script.
-
- -p Write excessive (i.e. debug) progress information to stderr.
-
- -o Specifies the output file. This is the compiled script file when the
- input is TEXT and a TEXT file when the input is a script file.
-
- -l Specify the language for a new script. Existing scripts assume
- their previous language and will error if you try changing it.
- The default language is AppleScript.
-
- -d Select a dialect by name. This is a global setting and will be
- the default until you change it again.
-
- -t Set the type for script text files (default is 'TEXT').
-
- -c Set the creator for script text files (default is 'MPS ' for MPW).
-
- -st Set the type for script files (default is 'osas').
-
- -sc Set the creator for script files (default is 'ToyS' for the AppleScript
- Script Editor).
-
- -rt Set the resource type of the script resource (default is 'scpt').
-
- -id Set the resource ID of the script resource (default is 128).
-
-
- I hope RunScript meets your MPW AppleScript needs. All I ask is a small
- Shareware fee if you use this. It's $10 for individuals using this for fun and
- profit and $20 per person (or $200 for a site licence) for companies to use
- this in their commercial or in-house projects. I provide support and bug fixes
- to all registered users.
-
- Send comments, suggestions, bug reports and directed insults to me at:
-
- Jon Pugh
- 1861 Landings Drive
- Mountain View, CA 94043
- jonpugh@netcom.com
- (415) 691-6643
-
- Contact me for current address information.
-
- Also, look for my freeware AppleScript Scripting Additions, Jon’s Commands,
- available at a fine archive near you. If you don't see it there, just ask
- someone to upload it.
-
- RunScript, Jon’s Commands, AppleScript and QuicKeys 3.0 all go together! In
- Jon’s Commands is a "run script resource" command. It likes 'Scpt' resources
- (the Script Editor gets confused by multiple 'scpt' resources in a file).
- With RunScript you can easily create these resources (or modify ones you
- create with the Script Editor).
-