Executing shell commands (OS X)

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, "Kaveh Bazargan" wrote:

> I am building a stack as a front end to some shell commands which I
> normally type in Terminal. Most of the commands are "make" commands and I
> want each button to send one of these commands.
> 
> This is how I am doing it now:
> 
> I have a hidden field called "makeScript" with this text in:
> 
> tell application "Terminal"
> try
> close window 1
> end try
> do script with command "\
>   bash;
>   cd ELS/els-xml;
> make viewpdf"
> end tell
> 
> I need to change the make command near the end, with each button. So each
> button edits that line, and then sends the following command:
> 
> do fld "makeScript" as applescript
> 
> Now this looks very clumsy and it is. Is there a more elegant way of doing
> this? (I am having to close the Terminal window each time as each time a
> new Terminal window is opened. It would be nice if this didn't happen.)

What happens if you do the following in your button scripts:

 set the hideConsoleWindows to true
 do fld "makeScript" as applescript

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Development & Design
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