Re: [O] PATCH: org-mac-link.el: Don't fail on machines without Growl installed

[Alan Schmitt]

Hello,

Unless I'm mistaken, I did not receive a reply to this question: can
I apply this patch?

I understand that Bastien is quite busy at the moment, so I'm wondering
if I should bug somebody else ;)

Best,

Alan

On 2014-09-25 08:17, Alan Schmitt <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2014-09-24 20:59, Steve Purcell <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On 24 Sep 2014, at 20:13, Alan Schmitt <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> tell application "System Events"
>>>     set growlHelpers to the name of every process whose creator type 
>>> contains "GRRR"
>>>     if (count of growlHelpers) > 0 then
>>>             set growlHelperApp to item 1 of growlHelpers
>>>     else
>>>             set growlHelperApp to ""
>>>     end if
>>> end tell
>>> 
>>> I get an empty string as returned value. Is is the same for you?
>>
>>
>> Yes, that part works fine on its own even on my machine. But when the
>> code passed to AppleScript includes 'tell application
>> “GrowlHelperApp”’, then the code will not execute unless the app is
>> present — there’s a precompilation step where, presumably, AppleScript
>> determines that the target application supports the listed commands.
>
> I see. I agree this should be removed.
>
> Org maintainers: can I apply this patch?
>
> Alan

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