[REBOL] Re: Can't double-click rebol scripts on iMac
From: dada:gecko:verizon at: 29-Aug-2002 11:26
It's great that there's a shareware app for doing that. Cool. However, I
still wonder if there is some way to build an application in Rebol and
then have people grab the OS-specific version -- mac OS, mac OSX, amiga,
pc, *nix -- of that app, and use it without any other work necessary on
their part.
Is there?
I'm relatively new to this whole rebol world.
Thanks,
sd
Anton wrote:
> I am not a mac person for a long time,
> but I found with a little searching a
> shareware program that does what you need.
> Go here for "Default App":
> http://www.merzwaren.com/da/
> Near the bottom of this page, it has
> an option "Use File Extension Mappings".
>
> See if it works for you.
>
> I got there via this programmer's site:
> http://www.tempel.org/macdev/
>
> Anton.
>
>>The file Type and Creator for Rebol View does not appear to be registered
>>with Apple.
>>I have written many Rebol View scripts for OS9.x and Windows, but
>>have never
>>been
>>able to "Double Click" on any Rebol script to activate it. (This is on any
>>non OS/X).
>>I have always used the rebol desktop to initiate a rebol script on a Mac.
>>This is one of the reasons I have used Applescript in many instances
>>because, most Mac
>>users only know how to "Double Click".
>>If anyone knows of an existing file Type and Creator for non-OS/X, life
>>would be much
>>simpler. (Yes Rebol is far more efficient than Applescript!)
>>
>>Regards,
>>Albert Geluk
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Joel Neely" <[joel--neely--fedex--com]>
>>To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 7:42 AM
>>Subject: [REBOL] Re: Can't double-click rebol scripts on iMac
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi, Gabriele,
>>>
>>>Gabriele Santilli wrote:
>>>
>>>>JN> Mac files are usually exchanged across the 'Net using a tool
>>>>JN> such as Stuffit, which creates a single data file containing
>>>>JN> all of the necessary components:
>>>>
>>>
>>>And, of course, before Stuffit there was BinHex...
>>>
>>>
>>>>So it's not a big deal, as long as you --- the developer ---
>>>>can tell MacOS that that file should be opened by REBOL and
>>>>not by your editor. What's the problem for the user?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I assume your talking about the scenario where a "developer" writes
>>>a script and gives it to a "user" who is expected to double-click
>>>on it to run as needed but not expected to modify the content of
>>>the script file.
>>>
>>>I'm running OS/X on my iBook, so I don't have ready access to try
>>>an experiment on older (non-X) MacOS versions. The key questions
>>>would be:
>>>
>>>1) What is the creator/application code for REBOL/Core?
>>>
>>>2) Is there a different creator/application code for /View?
>>>
>>>3) If someone uses a utility to change the creator code for a
>>> file of type "TEXT" from whatever editor created it to the
>>> creator code for /Core or /View, will REBOL (either version)
>>> know to DO that file once launched?
>>>
>>>4) If REBOL (either /View or /Core) creates a file, what creator
>>> and type codes will the directory contain for that file?
>>>
>>>If anyone has ready access to a non-X MacOS with a utility such
>>>as BBEdit (which can manipulate creator/type codes), the above
>>>could be answered fairly quickly.
>>>
>>>If the answer to (3) is "Yes", and the answer to (4) is that the
>>>creator is set to the appropriate version of REBOL and the type
>>>is left as something else that REBOL will accept per question (3)
>>>then a REBOL one-liner could be written to
>>>
>>>a) read a specified text file (assumed to be a script)
>>>b) write it to another name (implicitly marking it with REBOL
>>> as the creator)
>>>
>>>and the output would cause REBOL to launch and run when double-
>>>clicked.
>>>
>>>Needless to say, all of this is speculative, contingent, and
>>>disclaimered six ways from Sunday... ;-)
>>>
>>>-jn-
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