Language Guide

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Chapter 6
Expressions
149
Table 6-1 AppleScript operators 163
Table 6-2 Operator precedence 179
Chapter 8
Handlers
221
Figure 8-1 Scope of property and variable declarations at the top level
of a script 254
Figure 8-2 Scope of property and variable declarations at the top level
of a script object 258
Figure 8-3 Scope of variable declarations within a handler 263
Chapter 9
Script Objects
265
Figure 9-1 Relationship between a simple child script and its parent 273
Figure 9-2 Another child-parent relationship 273
Figure 9-3 A more complicated child-parent relationship 274
Appendix A
The Language at a Glance
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Table A-1 Command syntax 290
Table A-2 Reference form syntax 294
Table A-3 Container notation in references 296
Table A-4 Operators 297
Table A-5 Control statements 300
Table A-6 Handler definitions and calls 302
Table A-7 Script objects 303
Table A-8 Assignments and declarations 304
Table A-9 Predefined variables 305
Table A-10 Constants defined by AppleScript 305
Table A-11 Placeholders used in syntax descriptions 308
Appendix B
Scriptable Text Editor Dictionary
313
Figure B-1 Bounds and Position properties of a Scriptable Text Editor
window 327
Table B-1 Variations from standard behavior in Scriptable Text Editor versions
of standard application commands 345
Table B-2 Other Scriptable Text Editor commands 347