AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

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\n (newline) character

     do shell script command and

     literal strings

         changed to whitespace 2nd

     string comparisons and

     variable names

name

    application

         getting right

         shortcuts for entering

     computer

     constant

     handler, vs. call

     interface elements (AppleScript Studio)

     more than one for same value 2nd

     multiple words 2nd

     overshadowed

         accessing

     parameter

         error block

         local to handler

         preposition

         unnamed

         user-defined

     record items

         generating, from string

         learning

     same, but different four-letter code

     tell block, in scope within

     variable

         case of 2nd

         legalizing with vertical bars

         misspelled

         persistent and shared between scripts

         rules for

name (element specifier)

name property

named keyword

named parameter

namespaces 2nd

     clash 2nd

Nandor, Chris

native datatypes

Neeracher, Matthias

negation, numeric

negative index

nesting

     blocks

         considering and ignoring

         tell 2nd

         tell and terms 2nd

         try

     dynamic

     lexical

     regions of scope

     script objects

         inheritance (not)

         persistence and

     targets

newline (\n) character

     do shell script command and

     literal strings

     string comparisons and

     variable names

next repeat statement, nonexistent

no (constant)

nonscriptable applications

not equals sign ()

     entering

     inequality operator 2nd

not operator

NoteTaker 2nd

notifications (Cocoa)

November (constant)

now 2nd

NSAppleEventDescriptor

     Apple event, forming with

     parsing

NSAppleScript

     executeAndReturnError

     executeAppleEvent

     initWithContentsOfURL

     initWithSource

     script format compatibility problems

null (constant)

null( ) (top-level object)

number

     character, conversion

    coercion

         list

         string

     comparison

     digits, too many, rewritten

     error

     random

     scientific notation

number class

     coercion 2nd

numeric classes

     miscellaneous rarely encountered

numeric strings (constant)