AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

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Generic Scripting Component (GSC)

gestalt

get as command 2nd

get command 2nd

     direct object required

     event handler illegal

     implicitly supplied

         wrongly

     is default

     parentheses and

     presence or absence can matter

     repeat with . . . in, efficiency of

     resolves references

     retrieve variable value

     short-circuited resolution of

get eof command

get script command

get volume settings command

given keyword

global

     closure, not captured by

     declaration 2nd

         accesses top-level script property

         creates and accesses top-level variable

         in loaded script object

         makes variable visible to deeper scopes

         shares variable among scope regions

     exists at top level

     explicit 2nd

         for shared access

         redeclaration

     free variable

         in loaded script context

     implicit

         called harmful

         redeclaration

     not visible to deeper scopes without declaration 2nd

     overshadowing of name

     parameter, instead of

     persistent

     reference to, creating

     run script command, not visible to

     scope

     top-level entity, similarity to

global properties 2nd

     accessing

     multiple-word names troublesome

     not constant

     scope

     value shared between scripts

glue (UserTalk)

gluemac (Unix tool)

Goodman, Danny

grammar, English

GraphicConverter

     saving new file 2nd

greater than (>)

greater than (abbreviation for is greater than)

greater than or equal to ()

Gregorian calendar

Gruber, John

GSC (Generic Scripting Component)

guesswork

     AppleScript development is often

GUI scripting

guillemets (« »)

     constructing data class object

     entering 2nd

     raw four-letter code, entering