The dictionary is labeled as “Finder.sdef”. Figure 2-1 shows the dictionary for the Finder application in OS X v10.5. Double-click an item in the list to display its dictionary. To display a list that includes just the scriptable applications and scripting additions provided by macOS, choose Window > Library. Or you can drag an application icon to the Script Editor icon to display its dictionary (if it has one).
You can choose File > Open Dictionary in Script Editor to display the dictionary of a scriptable application or scripting addition on your computer. In addition, Script Editor provides a contextual menu to insert many types of boilerplate script statements, such as conditionals, comments, and error handlers.Ī dictionary is the part of a scriptable application that specifies the scripting terms it understands.
You can also turn on or off the Script Assistant, a code completion tool that can suggest and fill in scripting terms as you type. Script Editor has text formatting preferences for various types of script text, such as language keywords, comments, and so on. In the Script Editor Preferences, you can also choose to keep a history of recent results or event logs. Script Editor can display the result of executing an AppleScript script and can display a log of the Apple events that are sent during execution of a script. It provides the ability to edit, compile, and execute scripts, display application scripting terminologies, and save scripts in a variety of formats, such as compiled scripts, applications, and plain text. The Script Editor application is located in /Applications/Utilities. This chapter describes basic concepts that underlie the terminology and rules covered in the rest of this guide.
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