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zoe77 · Jul 26, 2003, 04:55 AM

hi all,

is there any way to create an AppleScript droplet that processes a file in Terminal when u drag n drop onto it?

i'm always typing 'mplayer [space]' followed by dragging a file that i wanna play into the Terminal window and then hitting ENTER.

hoping to make this easier by dropping the file onto an app in the dock to do the same thing... can anyone help? thanks a mill!

RevEvs · Jul 26, 2003, 06:02 AM

could just use the Mplayer OS X GUI? Just drag the file onto that and it'll play...

RevEvs · Jul 26, 2003, 06:03 AM

LINK: MPlayer OS X

zoe77 · Jul 26, 2003, 08:16 AM

Originally posted by RevEvs:
could just use the Mplayer OS X GUI? Just drag the file onto that and it'll play...

thing is that the lastest binary of Mplayer is not distributed along with the GUI player.

theory · Jul 28, 2003, 12:13 AM

You could use X11 extension it can bind
files with unix apps. I think you can
make an apples script to do what you
asked. I used to have an apple script
that would let me open a folder in the
terminal when you dragged something on it.

It would do cd filename you want mplayer
filename. I will try to find the script
and modify it.

The script was quite large though...

zoe77 · Jul 28, 2003, 12:52 AM

Originally posted by theory:

It would do cd filename you want mplayer
filename. I will try to find the script
and modify it.

The script was quite large though...

thanks Theory, appreciate it!