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Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started.
Marc, Something like... on idle set CB to the contents of (the clipboard) set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return set flag to text item 1 of CB if flag is in {"hscript", "flag2"} then actOnFlag(CB) return 5 else return 5 end if end idle on actOnFlag(CB) set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return set {flag, cmd} to text items of CB if flag is "hscript" then tell application "Safari" activate open location cmd end tell set the clipboard to cmd else if flag is "flag2" then do shell script cmd end if end if end actOnFlag Paul On May 22, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Marc Bossiere wrote: > Thank you for that. I didn't know about the "return 5" bit. > > But more than putting TO the OS X clipboard, I'm confused trying to > get FROM > it. Like if I send a two line clipboard, such as: > hscript > www.google.com > and what I want is for Applescript to act if it sees my "hscript" > flag is > the first line (indicating I want it to do something with this > clipboard). > > I would like it to do the following: > - see the flag > - take the URL and open it with a browser > - clear the flag part of the clipboard (so it won't repeat itself) > > Later on I could create other types of flags for other things (like > sending > simple Applescripts from the emulator)