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Show summaries of Mail's flagged emails on the Desktop
Is there a way to keep this script from opening Mail if it is not open but keep the script output consistent until Mail is opened and the script can run and update again?
Show summaries of Mail's flagged emails on the Desktop
Sure. First change the command entered in GeekTool from
to
Then add the following two lines to the top of the AppleScript code:
and the following lines to the end of the AppleScript code:
Edited on May 13, '10 12:54:54PM by Sesquipedalian
Show summaries of Mail's flagged emails on the Desktop
This doesn't keep it persistent. It rewrites over the file when Mail is closed. I understand what the script is trying to do, I just don't know how to fix it! Thanks!
Show summaries of Mail's flagged emails on the Desktop
This is what I ended up with for persistance of the flagged items being displayed as well as going through more than just the inbox:
Show summaries of Mail's flagged emails on the Desktop
I fiddled some more, and produced this version. Instead of redirecting the output of the osascript command to a file, I now have osascript itself writing the file. Also, I've supplied all the AppleScript code as a series of direct arguments to osascript; this means that a separate .scpt file is unnecessary, in contrast to the original hint.
Just paste the following command into your Geeklet's command field:
If you want, you can replace the
Show summaries of Mail's flagged emails on the Desktop
Ok, so I worked with the script just a bit in order to keep it from opening Mail every time it wants to run. I also added in the received time of the message for reference. The data is not persistent though if Mail is not open. Maybe someone else can help me with that. I have no clue how to make that happen.
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