[X-Unix] 0th Annual Shell X-Unix Scripting Contest (was Re: [X4U] Terminal Comand to Hide App Layers)

[Stroller]

On Mar 27, 2004, at 7:57 am, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

> On 3/27/04 1:24 AM, "Stroller" <MacMonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:
>
>> Can we have a category for scripts which contain no Applescript..? I
>> would have been glad to make more positive contributions to this 
>> thread
>> today, but I have never gotten around to learning Applescript, and
>> don't seem to be able to wrap my head around it.
>
> Well for yesterday's project, I don't think it could have been done 
> without
> AppleScript, could it? I think you need to hit the Finder to hide an 
> app.

No, indeed.

It occurred to me after posting that AppleScript's role is to handle UI 
events from outside of applications themselves. I don't see that 
there's anything else which will do this. But that doesn't make me like 
or understand Applescript. I should really learn it - this thread has 
illustrated how potent AppleScript is - but I have other things to do 
right now.

Stroller.