Announcement: Christian xTalk discussion forum

The following announcement recently appeared on various AppleScript related mailing lists.

There is a new mailing list for Christian xTalk programmers (HyperCard, SuperCard, MetaCard, Revolution, AppleScript, Director, etc.) at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cxtalk/

Feel free to join us and discuss faith and scripting with others who share both of these passions!

7:12:01 PM    

MacMP3Gain 1.0

MacMP3Gain is an AppleScript Studio application which wraps up the command line version of mp3gain in a quaint GUI. It is free and open source.
2:16:28 PM    

Pothter 1.0b2

Pothter is an OS X AppleScript script that presents a user friendly dialog for posting the contents of a folder to Usenet via the Thoth newsreader client. Warnings are given if conventions used in the alt.binaries.mac hierarchy are not followed and it offers users the option to modify the text of the subject line. Changes in this version: Added the ability to modify file names as well as the text of the subject line. [d/l]
2:04:37 PM    

Make Mine MPEG-4 v4.0.1

This AppleScript Studio application automates the process of ripping and then encoding iTunes CD tracks as MPEG-4 audio files using QuickTime 6.x Pro. Changes in this version: .mov files now include track number annotation. "Save as .mov" now handles long filenames. Removed "encoder branding" in Comments field.
1:36:38 PM    

Mac OS X Hints: Attach AppleScripts to Mail.app rules

russh: "A member of the Mail.app development team passed along this script that uses the 'perform_mail_action' handler to access messages that match the given rule or rule object. In other words, it kicks up a dialog box that automagically tells you a rule was matched and what the message was that matched."
11:08:24 AM    

Mac OS X Hints: Assign AppleScripts to Logitech mice buttons

jeb1138: "I have a Logitech MX700 mosue and was digging around through the Logitech Daemon package that gets installed when you install the Logitech Control Center and found a hidden property that you can enable to let you execute AppleScripts using your mouse buttons" ...
11:03:29 AM    

iCan 1.0 released

iCan is a scriptable, customizable trashcan for OS X desktops for those who still miss the one in OS 9. It indicates the current status of the Trash (full or empty) and several themes are included. Users can also create their own themes (instructions included) and iCan comes with several sample AppleScript scripts.
10:19:12 AM    

PipeAlert 0.6.1

PipeAlert is a utility that reads data from a Unix pipe and displays it in a regular Aqua window. This could be useful to scripters who need to see the output of a 'do shell script' command. Other examples of use include being notified if a shell command or Cron job failed and being informed when a lengthy shell command has finished. Changes in this version: Fixed insufficient escaping of spaces when PipeAlert displays its own path.
9:54:58 AM    

Apple Demonstrates The Script Editor Service

"Script Editor version 2.0 provides a special service to other applications, which support the Services architecture, by allowing them to treat text selected in their open documents as AppleScript scripts."
9:13:20 AM    

Hacker Translator 1.0

Hacker Translator is an AppleScript Studio application that will translate any text you input into 'H4X0R' text. The idea of 'H4X0R' text is to replace as many letters with numbers/symbols as possible. For instance, it converted 'AppleScript Info' to "4pp135cr¡p? ¡|\|ph0".
9:06:36 AM    

Osax: UnicodeUtils 1.0b1

This Mac OS X native OSAX provides AppleScript commands for counting Unicode characters, normalizing Unicode strings, and comparing Unicode text. [MacScripter.net]
8:58:54 AM