Hi Marie, To find the AppleScript editor, I use Finder (in Leopard) to go the Applications folder (Command-Shift-A) and navigate to the "AppleScript" folder. Use VO-Backslash (on an English language keyboard) to expand the folder or else bring up the Commands menu (VO- H twice) and select the menu item for "Toggle Disclosure Triangle". If you open the AppleScript utility a dialog window pops up that has checkboxes you can set to "Show Script menu in menu bar" and "Show Computer scripts". Checking these options will make the sample scripts on your system available to you from an AppleScript menu on the status menu bar. On my machine in Leopard, the same Applications folder has an alias to the Example Scripts folder so you can examine the scripts (e.g., navigate down to a folder like "Address Book Scripts" and select a script like "Import Addresses.scpt"; opening one of the scripts lets you view it in the Script Editor). The Script Editor application is also in the Applications folder, but if you start it up, it will be blank.
If Scott says that the AppleScript Editor is in the Utilities folder this structure may have changed in Snow Leopard. The way you would have to use AppleScripts to set up options in Keyboard Commander is to write or find existing Applescripts and bind them to keys. Usually, if you copy an AppleScript to a folder like ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts (under your user account) or /Library/ iTunes/Scripts (for all users) the AppleScripts show up in an additional menu for that application (in this case, for iTunes). They work like regular menu options -- select a track, and apply the AppleScript from its menu. For example there is the "RestartAt" AppleScript at Tim Kilburn's VoiceOver Downloads page: http://homepage.mac.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html Under Leopard, I copied this to my user account's Library/iTunes/ Scripts folder (which I created) and used the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse menu under Systems Preferences to assign it a shortcut (Command-Option-R), so I could restart play for any selected track at the time I wanted by selecting the track and using Command- Option-R. Presumably, under Snow Leopard, I could assign the AppleScript to a shortcut via Keyboard Commander. HTH Cheers, Esther Scott Howell wrote: > > The Apple Script Editor is in the Utilities folder. > On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Marie Howarth wrote: > >> >> no developers tools, there was an optional install but x code was the >> only thing there. very confusing. lol >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Marie Howarth wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> OK, I want to use apple script to set up some options on the >>>>>>>> keyboard >>>>>>>> commander. But how do I do that? apple script is a folder that >>>>>>>> no >>>>>>>> matter what I do, I canot get to open. it takes me back to the >>>>>>>> devices >>>>>>>> in sidebar for some odd reason, no matter how I try to open it. >>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>> help would be greatly appreciated. I want to take advantage of >>>>>>>> using >>>>>>>> apple script with VO to set up commands, but not sure how to do >>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>> any help would be great :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
