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: >______________________________________________________________________ > >Hey Walter, > >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. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- From the shell: >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >open -a opera /Users/chris/Desktop/Bookmarks.html >open -a opera ~/Desktop/Bookmarks.html > >open -a opera "/Users/chris/Desktop/Bookmarks Two.html" >open -a opera ~/"Desktop/Bookmarks Two.html" >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- Using Vanilla Applescript: >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >set _file to alias ((path to desktop as text) & "Bookmarks.html") > >tell application "Finder" > open _file using application file id "OPRA" >end tell >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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