Index
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[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]
's operator
accessing top-level entity
not synonym for prepositional "of"
Safari
Salling Clicker 2nd 3rd
Samba volumes
Sanderson, Hamish, xxii
Saturday (constant)
save command, creating file with
say command
Unicode text rejected, before Tiger
scheduled running of script
Scheme 2nd 3rd
scientific notation
rewritten at compile time
scope 2nd
block 2nd
free variable
global
global properties
in
lexical
local
nesting
overshadowing
region 2nd
run script command
targeting rules do not override
screen, startup (applet)
script
editing
reinitializes top-level entities
entry point
file
folder, attach to and remove from
keyword
me keyword represents
name 2nd 3rd
parent (implicit) of script objects
parent of
premature termination (runtime error)
program vs.
running
automatic location
contextual menu
double-clicking
editor
from another script
from Unix
keyboard shortcut
login
menu
run handler is what runs
run handler taking parameters
scheduled
user actions, responding to 2nd
web page request, respond to
script object, is a 2nd 3rd
scripting component operand
structure of
target, implicit
verb (to drive)
Script Application Component
Script Assistant (Script Editor)
script bundle
compatibility problems
example
locating resources inside
secondary script file inside
Script Debugger, xxi 2nd
Apple events displayed
AppleScript's dictionary shown
attachability, erstwhile
classes, multiple listings unified
closes files left open
code coverage provided
commands and classes cross-referenced
compiled script file contains text
context of saved script object shown
debuggable, makes AppleScript
dictionary display
element specifiers shown
enumerations fully displayed
escaped characters displayed 2nd
four-letter codes displayed 2nd
inherited attributes unified
libraries, makes portable
line break characters displayed 2nd
missing scripting additions identified
object model displayed live 2nd
path to me command works
path to resource command works
persistence implemented
persistent data in compiled script file shown
picture data displayed as picture
record distinguished from class
scripting component instance different for each script
speed
helps measure
start log, stop log work properly
suites avoidable 2nd
tell block, shortcuts for entering
Script Editor
class not distinguished from record
contextual menu
dictionary display
improved in Tiger
element specifiers omitted 2nd
enumerator display
file formats created by
inherited attributes in
Panther bug, balks at coercing file to alias
path to me command broken
path to resource command broken
persistence destroyed
persistent data destroyed
POSIX pathname with colon fails
scriptability
speed
start log, stop log not understood
tell block, shortcut for entering
script editor application
AppleScript, needn't know
default
how compiles, pretty-prints, and runs code
Script Debugger
Script Editor
Smile
script keyword
Script menu
Apple's global
Automator workflow in
persistence bug (and workaround)
runtime errors fail silently
slow
System Events responsible for
BBEdit
Entourage
FastScripts
iTunes
Mail
persistence and
target application's, fastest
various applications
script object 2nd
AppleScript
as parameter
as result of handler
closure
constructed
customized
as variable 2nd
closures
coercion, string (Jon's Commands)
context
current application
definition 2nd
code, is not
initializes variable 2nd 3rd
scope region
top level
top-level entity
where legal
free variables in
closures
in handler
can see handler's locals 2nd
definition must precede reference
not persistent
inheritance
calling inherited handler
passing parameters to run handler
polymorphism
script is implicit parent
me keyword represents
parent
nested script object
non-script object 2nd
script as a whole, implicitly
passed by reference
persistence
implementing with store script
reading compiled script file as
can create undeclared variable
loads context (closure)
reference as result of
running
run handler is what runs
run handler taking parameters
saving as compiled script file
saves context (closure)
scope block
script as a whole
set command sets by reference 2nd
target, implicit
top-level entity 2nd
not, if not defined at top level
script property
as static variable
declaration
sets by reference
initialization
persistence and reinitialization
recommended over global
scope
top-level entity
top-level, accessible by global declaration
script runner
script text file
line breaks
Script Timer 2nd
scriptability
AppleScript Studio application, adding
applet 2nd 3rd
Cocoa application, adding 2nd
pre-Tiger
customizability and
droplet
internal
modes of
attachable
recordable
scriptable 2nd
application, knowing whether 2nd
scripting addition 2nd
coercion, can define
coercion, dictionary doesn't list
command, handler with same name
dictionary
event (command), can define
event handlers defined by 2nd
installing and loading dynamically
loading
from within application 2nd
locations 2nd
Mac OS X-native vs. Classic
missing
from other user's machine
generates four-letter code 2nd
osascript command, dialogs illegal
record (pseudo-class), can define
remote applications
repository, online 2nd
script communicates with, how
scriptable application vs.
speed
targeted, can't be
terminology clash 2nd
notorious source of
writing
scripting components command
scripting languages
AppleScript Debugger
JavaScript OSA
OSA implements
OSABridge
QuicKeys Script
UserTalk
scripting languages vs. programming languages
scriptSuite and scriptTerminology
generating from sdef
sdef
alternative value types expressible
can be dictionary in Tiger 2nd
classes can list commands they obey
command and events distinguished
comments extensive and formatted
compatibility
converting to scriptSuite and scriptTerminology
creating
distinguishes record from class
improved in Tiger 2nd
introduced in Panther
Sdef Editor 2nd
sdp 2nd
second-level evaluation
converting list to record
entering four-letter codes
variable for record item name
seconds
converting to
date stored as
seconds (date property)
security (hiding script contents)
select command
selection
learning with GUI scripting
setting
selection-object class
sender
blocking another
Sentman, James
September (constant)
sequential read and write
server
AppleShare or Samba
finding
web (CGI)
XML-RPC or SOAP
targeting dynamically
Services menu, run script from 2nd
services, web
set by reference 2nd 3rd
set command
can't be nested
copy command, difference from
direct object required
efficiency
event handler illegal
script objects and
short-circuited resolution of
set end of, vs. concatenation
set eof command
set the clipboard to command
set volume command
sh
OSA language
shadow (constant)
shell
escaping string for
interactive
parsing and quotation rules
Unicode text, creating
user's might differ from do shell script command's
short date string (date property)
short-circuited terminology
short-circuiting (boolean operators) 2nd
shut down computer
side effect
single quotes (')
four-letter code, delimiting
string comparisons and
sips (Unix tool)
Siracusa, John
slash (/), division (real) operator
sleep computer
small caps (constant)
small integer
Smalltalk 2nd
Smile 2nd
AppleScript's dictionary shown
attachable
compiles and executes individual lines
start log, stop log not understood
SOAP 2nd 3rd
example
general
software, mentioned in this book
some (element specifier)
sound
file, save text-to-speech as
space
names containing
string comparisons and
space (global property)
SpamSieve 2nd
specialties, combining
specifier
object
object string
value type, in dictionary
speech
recognition
text in microphone window
SpeechRecognitionServer
example
speed
AppleScript, in general 2nd
context of execution
list access
list vs. string
loops 2nd
measuring
run-only scripts
scripting additions
splash screen (applet)
splitting strings
sqlite (Unix tool)
SQLite database
stack overflow
empty run handler
recursion depth
Standard Suite 2nd
creating
presence doesn't prove scriptability
StandardAdditions 2nd
dictionary lies
folder action event handlers 2nd
terminology conflicts 2nd
Unicode compatibility improved in Tiger 2nd
start log command
starts with (synonym for begins with)
startup screen (applet)
state, maintenance of
beyond scripting component instance
OSA scripting component
target application
static variable
stay-open applet
problems quitting
Stone, Andrew
stop log command
store script command
stores context (closure)
strikethrough (constant)
string
coercion
alias
boolean 2nd
class or constant
constant
date
list
number 2nd
POSIX file
script object (Jon's Commands)
Unicode text and styled text
version
comparison
string considerations govern
concatenation
set end of (list), more efficient
Unicode text
considerations 2nd
offset command and
scriptable applications ignore 2nd
containment
string considerations govern
display
do shell script command and
element
character
paragraph
text
text item
word
empty
encodings
escaped characters in literal
in object string specifier 2nd
joining 2nd
line breaks within
long literal, breaking
osascript, constructing for
property
length
quoted form
size of 2nd
splitting
styled text disguised as
substrings
counting
finding
transforming to list and back
vs. Unicode text
StuffIt Expander 2nd
dictionary lies
style constants
styled text class
coercion
subclass
subcontainer, implicit
subscript (constant)
substrings
counting
finding
subtraction
suite
AppleScript's dictionary
called harmful 2nd
class can appear in more than one
Core 2nd
escaping with Script Debugger 2nd
Folder Actions
Macintosh Connectivity Classes
Miscellaneous
Required
Standard 2nd
creating
presence doesn't prove scriptability
standardization
Text 2nd
presence doesn't prove scriptability
Type Names
summarize command
Sunday (constant)
superclass
superscript (constant)
synonyms 2nd
behind (for after)
called harmful
class plural (for every)
comes after (for >)
comes before (for <)
does not come after (for  )
does not come before (for  )
how listed in this book
in (for of operator)
in back of (for after)
in front of (for before)
is (for =)
is equal to (for =)
is greater than (for >)
is less than (for <)
is not (for  )
is not equal to (for is not)
is not greater than (for )
is not less than (for )
its (for of it)
my (for of me)
starts with (for begins with)
text (for string, in coercions)
through (for thru)
to (for on)
whose (for where)
system
extensions (pre-Mac OS X)
folders, getting location of
getting information about
liberal in interpreting string as date
postman for Apple events
system attribute command
System Events
Finder, handles some commands to
folder actions
GUI scripting
path to, terminology conflict
Script Menu, responsible for
system info command
System Preferences, scriptability
System Profiler
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