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Programmatically change URLs for Opera Speed Dial links
Authored by: leamanc on Jan 03, '10 08:54:51PM

Yeah, launchd may be a little bit more work up front, since you have to craft an XML file (and that's not even true if you use something like Lingon), but the flexibility of loading/unloading agents, and the added criterion for triggering your scripts other than just date and time are well worth it, IMO.



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Programmatically change URLs for Opera Speed Dial links
Authored by: tedw on Jan 03, '10 09:52:30PM

like most things programming-ish, there's a trade off between compactness and accessibility. cron is more compact notation, launchd is (arguably) more accessible, but both take about the same mental overhead to get things done. I can write launchd plists in the blink of an eye, whereas it would take me ages to figure out all the fiddly little symbolic nuances of cron.



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