Re(2): [TxMt] command with osascript stalls

[Allan Odgaard]

On 26/3/2006, at 22:30, Quinn Comendant wrote:

>>> I wonder if a compiled applescript would be faster?
>> Maybe twice as fast. [...]
> I've tried saving the applescript as a compiled application, but the
> execution time is still about 2 seconds. However, I notice if I  
> save the
> same script and execute it from the Script Menu in the menu bar (via
> AppleScript Utility) or directly on the command line (via  
> osascript) the
> applescript window arrangement commands run almost instantly. Where's
> the bottleneck?

Maybe it’s the shell startup then. Try to type “date” in a new  
document and press ctrl-R to see how long that takes.

The shell startup is described here [1]. It might be you have a lot  
of stuff going on which is only necessary for an interactive shell  
(for example Fink sets up a lot of completion configuration in /etc/ 
profile iirc).

You could skip it by changing the command e.g. to:

    #!/bin/sh
    osascript «script»

But you may still want to tune your shell startup, as it’s used for a  
lot of functionality in TM.


[1] http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/shell_commands#search_path