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At 01:49 p -0600 02/26/2014, Christopher Stone didst inscribe upon an
electronic papyrus:
>On Feb 26, 2014, at 13:06, Walter Ian Kaye
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hey folks, I'm writing a script for Web browsers, but since I'm on
>>an older system I cannot run newer browsers. I've assembled a long
>>list, and have managed to tackle all but the following four, which
>>appear to not have any dictionary:
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>Hey Walter,
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>Firstly - you should tell us what system. :)
10.4 on PowerPC :)
(And oops, that last browser in my list was in the wrong list.)
>I'd look at two methods.
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>-- From the shell:
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>open -a opera /Users/chris/Desktop/Bookmarks.html
>open -a opera ~/Desktop/Bookmarks.html
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>open -a opera "/Users/chris/Desktop/Bookmarks Two.html"
>open -a opera ~/"Desktop/Bookmarks Two.html"
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>-- Using Vanilla Applescript:
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>set _file to alias ((path to desktop as text) & "Bookmarks.html")
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>tell application "Finder"
> open _file using application file id "OPRA"
>end tell
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Interestingly, when I tried these on iCab, the file opened as source(!).
(Telling iCab to open an alias worked properly though.)
This is why I need specific browsers tested....
thanks,
-Walter
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