From: Al Chou (Al_Chou@cyberdude.com)
Date: 11 Aug 99, 00:52 EST
From: Al Chou <Al_Chou@cyberdude.com>
Subject: Re: 7.2.1b10
>> >Since those options are FREELY settable in the Date/Time control panel,
>> >I see no way to automatically set things correctly on everyone's machines
>> >via Tcl (unless there is any way to get the Date/Time system setting via
>> >AppleEvent... any ideas, Jon?)
>>
>> Not on that, I'm afraid. Date & Time doesn't seem to be scriptable, even
>> in OS 8.6.
>>
>Thanks. If that's the case, I guess "hand-editing shellMode.tcl by end-
>users" is unavoidable, because there just can't be any way to automatically
>support all Date/Time settings in all international Mac OS versions.
How about a preference variable that allows the user to specify their date
format in a dialog box, rather than forcing them to edit shellMode.tcl
themselves? Then shellMode.tcl could contain branches based on the
user-set preferences. Just a thought.
Al
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