[OS X TeX] Applescript-tcl dictionary, wishlist

[Claus Gerhardt]

The problem is not so much foolish file content but foolish users - I 
am not thinking of you Jon. In the example below simply use

> set findText to "sin(x)"
> set replaceText to "cos(x)"

and all is well.

Claus


On Jan 6, 2005, at 19:54, Jon Guyer wrote:

> Joachim can provide interim DoScript solutions if he likes, although I 
> think quoting is going to remain a problem, even if you don't permit 
> foolish file names. Foolish file contents are much harder to ban. 
> E.g.,
>
> set findText to "$sin(x)$"
> set replaceText to "$cos(x)$"
>
> tell application "AlphaX"
> 	DoScript "eval replaceText " & "[search -r 0  " & findText & " " & 
> "[minPos]]" & " " & "{" & replaceText & "}"
> end tell
>
> will complain:
> 	can't read "sin(x)": no such variable
> or even
> 	can't read "sin(x)": no such element in array
>

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