on idle is getting defined as a function rather than..idling?

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on idle is getting defined as a function rather than..idling?

Quite simply, when using on idle, it gets defined as a function. I have no idea why this is, but comparing my syntax to that of examples proves no error on my part, and using Apple provided scripts using on idle still yield it being defined as a function. Sensitive portions of this are removed, but yes.

http://lnrstudios.com/stuff/onidle.txt

Help is greatly appreciated.

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 24, 2008 11:23 PM

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orangekay

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Jul 24, 2008 11:40 PM in response to lnrzzz

What is it you expect to happen when defining an event handler?

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lnrzzz Author

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Jul 24, 2008 11:44 PM in response to orangekay

Shouldn't it repeat every 5 seconds? Like this is supposedly a system beep every 5 seconds

on idle
beep
return 5
end idle

Yet for me, it would just define it as a function. Am I missing something here?

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orangekay

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Jul 25, 2008 12:31 AM in response to lnrzzz

No. You're declaring a handler for "idle" events with the "on" keyword just like "on run" or "on quit". If none are received that handler will never be called.

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangG uide/conceptual/ASLRabout_handlers.html#//appleref/doc/uid/TP40000983-CH206-SW7

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red_menace

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Jul 25, 2008 3:38 PM in response to lnrzzz

The on idle handler is called after the run handler finishes - are you saving your script as stay-open application?

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