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use screencapture instead
Authored by: pcunix on Mar 18, '03 02:28:23PM
I don't see any point in writing Applescript to do nothing but run a shell command.

If you already have terminal windows open, just type the command. If you want to be able to click on it from Finder, then just put it in a file with the extension .command, and chmod 755 it. So this, for example, would be just:

echo "screencapture -i  ~/myScreenShot.pdf" > sreenshot.command
chmod 755 screenshot.command

Why have the overhead of Applescript when you don't need it?

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use screencapture instead
Authored by: Accura on Mar 18, '03 08:11:55PM

i agree with you about not using apple script to run a shell scrip but people like apple script just because they know how to add frills and stuff.

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