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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Mac OS X Script Continuation Character? Post 38575 by cassj on Monday 21st of July 2003 07:33:54 AM
Old 07-21-2003
Mac OS X Script Continuation Character?
Some of my scripts have very long commands that go beyond the horizontal scroll limits of my screen (1024 x 768), even with a very small font. Is there a continuation character (like the option+l "ell") in AppleScript that will let me break up the line?

Right now I just press a hard return to inspect the line and then press delete to bring it back toghether.

Thanks in advance...Cassj
 

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