[PD-dev] AppleScript to make PD double-clicker

[Adam Lindsay]

Do you mean AppleScript as an installer?
I could go on about the lack of security in running unknown scripts (and
the bad habits it encourages), or how I know of few to no successful
AppleScript-driven installers on MacOSX.

But I'd rather just say that AppleScript is a real pain to program with. Ick. 

However, on the other hand, I have kicked around the idea of Folder
Actions (with AppleScript most likely) allowing for a nice drag-and-drop
install of externals. (Drag a folder onto /Library/Pd, and it moves the
folder into AdditionalDocumentation, the externals/libraries/abstractions
into Externals, and help patches into Help.) That, however, would require
a strong, top-down convention for marking the locations and destinations
of the externals and help patches. 

Cheers,
adam


Hans-Christoph Steiner said this at Tue, 18 Mar 2003 06:29:03 -0800:

>
>Has anyone tried to use AppleScript to write a nice double-clicker for PD
>on MacOS X?  Someone suggested this approach to me but I have never used
>AppleScript.
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