darwin mc

[Richard MacLemale]

Dear list,
I know that MetaCardCarbon does not honor shell (as in put shell("ls *")
into field 1)... Am I correct in assuming that the darwin mc engine is also
unable to do shell commands?  I tried and it didn't work but wanted to
verify it here.  

This is my number one need for MetaCard right now (the ability to run UNIX
commands.)  Using MetaCard as a bridge between shell commands and the
average user is a VERY good idea.  There are people using Apple's new
AppleScript Studio to do this right now, but performance is very, very
s-l-o-w.  MetaCard could toast AppleScript Studio if it had this ability...

It would kick serious butt to get this feature in both darwin.mc and
MetaCardCarbon...


:)
Richard MacLemale
Instructional Technology Specialist
James W. Mitchell High School
http://mitchellonline.pasco.k12.fl.us