Index
[SYMBOL]
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]
[E]
[F]
[G]
[H]
[I]
[J]
[K]
[L]
[M]
[N]
[O]
[P]
[Q]
[R]
[S]
[T]
[U]
[V]
[W]
[X]
[Y]
[Z]
Panther, xvi
applet bundle introduced
solves scripting addition distribution problem
applet event processing order changed to FIFO
month coercible to integer
offset command obeys string considerations
reals mostly coercible to integer
script bundle introduced
sdef introduced
paragraph (string element)
parameter 2nd
Apple event 2nd
optional or required
Automator action
command
another command as
compiler enforces name 2nd
datatype not enforced by compiler
dictionary may list wrongly
optional
required, compiler does not enforce
error block
literal (filtered error handler)
handler
closures and
datatype of, testing
default value
extra, ignoring
named (labeled)
no implicit coercion
none
omitted (error)
optional 2nd
positional (unnamed)
prepositional (labeled)
visible to script object 2nd
handler as
received by script object
multiple words
name in definition is local
pass by reference
vs. by value
redeclaration
reference as
run handler
osascript, supplying from
script object as
containing a handler
parent
implicit
nested script object
non-script object 2nd
setting
parentheses
handler definition and call
interpretation of commands
order of operations
partial target
parts of speech
enforced by compiler 2nd
four-letter code
pass by reference
preventing
vs. by value
password (bulleted) entry
path to command
coercion, Unicode text
terminology conflict
path to resource command
can't locate Resources directory
pathname
application, specifying by
coercion
alias 2nd 3rd
file object
colon-delimited vs. slash-delimited
components, breaking into
creating file or folder
existence of, testing
folder, getting from pathname of item
Macintosh
obtaining
nonexistent
partial (called harmful) 2nd
POSIX
obtaining
presented as colon-delimited
pausing
perform action command
Perl
Apple events, sending with
bigness of
calling AppleScript from 2nd
calling from AppleScript
HTML, parsing with 2nd
learning
OSA language
SOAP, communicating with via
strict mode, no AppleScript analogue
Unicode text, constructing with
persistence
applets
compiled script files
globals
implementing with store script
inconsistency
top-level entities
Personal File Sharing
Personal Web Sharing
Phlink 2nd 3rd 4th
phone call, run scripts in response to
PHP
OSA language
SOAP, communicating with via
pi (global property)
PICT data
plain (constant)
plural (of class)
dictionary, how listed in
repeat with . . . in, causes trouble
singular, can be identical with
some classes lack
plus sign (+), addition operator
concatenation, not overloaded for
point class
pointer 2nd
polymorphism
continue command
portability
compiled script file
date specifiers and coercions
library
positional parameters
POSIX file class
coercion, string
Macintosh pathname, obtaining
presented as file class
POSIX path (property of file, alias, or file URL class)
POSIX pathname
colon, don't use in
colon-delimited pathname vs.
specifying file or folder with
power (exponentiation)
precedence 2nd
PreFab Player 2nd
premature termination
program (runtime error)
avoiding
repeat block 2nd
prepositional parameters
calling with positional parameters
prepositions
pretty-printing
AppleScript scripting component performs
blocks indented
decompilation and
formatting preferences
preferences
terminology clash, can help detect
print depth (global property)
processes, running
programming languages vs. scripting languages
programming, AppleScript, art of
project, Xcode
prop (abbreviation for property)
property
class encapsulation, compiler does not enforce
class, distinguishing from with it keyword 2nd
class, same name as 2nd
compiler doesn't distinguish
datatype not enforced by compiler
declaration
sets by reference
dictionary, how listed in
inherited, how displayed
element, compiler doesn't distinguish from
implementing (Cocoa scripting)
inheritance, in dictionary
multiple-word names
read-only 2nd
referring to
used as variable name
fine if declared
user
value type, in dictionary
property keyword
property list, parsing
property specifier
pseudo-class (record)
punctuation (constant)
punctuation, string comparisons and
put (abbreviation for copy)
Python
Apple events, sending with
learning
OSA language
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