Re: Applescript to work with text. I'm stuck.

In article <2008050407225845613-cfnzrpu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, J. Stewart
<cfnzrpu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On 2008-05-04 05:41:44 -0400, Fuddled <fuddled@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> 
> > 2) will a book like Applescript for Dummies cover this sort of thing?
> > 
> > All this has sure made me feel like a dummy, and I hope some kind
> > person has the patience to help me out.
> 
> Sorry I didn't answer #2 in the original answer.
> 
> Usually you won't find detailed application scripting commands in a 
> book like that one unless the author just happened to pick it for an 
> example. They tend to use applications that come with a clean OS 
> install, TextEdit for instance. Where you can get this sort of 
> information is the application's scripting dictionary. Just drag the 
> app's icon to the Script Editor icon in the dock or select the "Open 
> Dictionary" command in Script Editor's "File" menu and choose it from 
> the resulting list.
> 
> If you are looking for a place to start with AppleScript then the 
> Applescript Language Guide is it. Its located here - 
>
>
<http://developer.apple.com/do***entation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLa
> ngGuide/introduction/ASLR_intro.html>
> 
> I'd 
> 
> suggest you download it in the available PDF format. For a more 
> in-depth look I'd suggest Matt Neuburg's "Applescript: The Definitive 
> Guide" 2nd edition from O'Reilly press. Amazon.com has it available.

Yes, if I had some $pare cash I'd buy Matt's book. Thanks for the
advice re the Dummies book, that's just as I suspected. I wish those
Scripting Dictionaries had examples. Maybe it's time I put all other
work aside and concentrated on breaking through this block. I'm a
Humanities type and quite lacking in the approriate methodologies for
codes and (machine) languages.

I really appreciate your assistance here.

F