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| - | ====Scripting Dictionary==== | + | =====Scripting Dictionary===== |
| Scripts provide real flexibility in all good automation systems. Xtension scripts are written in Apple' | Scripts provide real flexibility in all good automation systems. Xtension scripts are written in Apple' | ||
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| Using XTension and AppleScript you can personalize a home system or create a complete facility management system for a shopping mall or greenhouse. | Using XTension and AppleScript you can personalize a home system or create a complete facility management system for a shopping mall or greenhouse. | ||
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| - | ===Scripts are really programs.=== | + | ====Scripts are really programs==== |
| Ignoring all of the infra-structure beneath them, each script in itself is a tiny program. It's purpose is either to react to some autonomous event such as a movement sensor, or to guard any attempted change to some controlled device such as a hot plate. | Ignoring all of the infra-structure beneath them, each script in itself is a tiny program. It's purpose is either to react to some autonomous event such as a movement sensor, or to guard any attempted change to some controlled device such as a hot plate. | ||
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| You may want to do different things according to the time of day or day of the week or whether other movement sensors have indicated that there hasn't been movement " | You may want to do different things according to the time of day or day of the week or whether other movement sensors have indicated that there hasn't been movement " | ||
| - | ===Global Scripts=== | + | ----- |
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| Sometimes it is useful to have common scripts which can be executed on demand. | Sometimes it is useful to have common scripts which can be executed on demand. | ||
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| These scripts are called **Global Scripts** because they can be executed from the menu __and__ from other scripts. | These scripts are called **Global Scripts** because they can be executed from the menu __and__ from other scripts. | ||
| - | ===Special Scripts=== | + | |
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| There are special names you can give **global scripts** that will tell XTension to run them under special circumstances. For example if you create a **global script** named " | There are special names you can give **global scripts** that will tell XTension to run them under special circumstances. For example if you create a **global script** named " | ||
| See the [[: | See the [[: | ||
| - | ===AppleScript=== | + | ----- |
| + | ====AppleScript==== | ||
| The MacOS provides a powerful scripting facility with AppleScript. Almost anything that can be one with a Mac or Mac application can be controlled or enhanced by scripts which can in themselves be " | The MacOS provides a powerful scripting facility with AppleScript. Almost anything that can be one with a Mac or Mac application can be controlled or enhanced by scripts which can in themselves be " | ||
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| - | ===The XTension Dictionary=== | + | ----- |
| + | ====The XTension Dictionary==== | ||
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