tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
set myMatrix to make transformation matrix with properties {counterclockwise rotation angle:90, horizontal translation:-217.5, vertical translation:217.5}
transform myLayoutObject in pasteboard coordinates from center anchor with matrix myMatrix
end tell
-- get the title of an open document
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
do script "this.info.title;"
end tell
]]>
// Controller.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@class Model;
@class AScene;
@interface Controller : NSObject {
Model *Model;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) Model *Model;
-(void)runScene;
// Controller.m
#import "Controller.h"
#import "Model.h"
#import "AScene.h"
@implementation Controller
@synthesize Model;
-(void)runScene {
AScene *newScene = [[AScene alloc] init];
newScene.controller = self;
}
// RootScene.h
#import "cocos2d.h"
@class Controller;
@interface RootScene : Scene {
Controller *controller;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) Controller *controller;
@end
// RootScene.m
#import "RootScene.h"
#import "Controller.h"
@implementation RootScene
@synthesize controller;
- (id) init
{
self = [super init];
if (self != nil) {
//
}
return self;
}
- (void) dealloc
{
[controller release];
[super dealloc];
}
@end
// AScene.h
#import "RootScene.h"
@class ALayer;
@class Model;
@interface AScene : RootScene {
}
@end
// AScene.m
#import "AScene.h"
#import "ALayer.h"
#import "Model.h"
@implementation AScene
- (id) init
{
self = [super init];
if (self != nil) {
ALayer *newLayer = [ALayer node];
newLayer.model = controller.Model; // <-- Request for member 'Model' in something not a stucture or union
// casting does not work here.
[self addChild:statusScreenLayer];
}
return self;
}
- (void) dealloc
{
//
[super dealloc];
}
@end
// RootLayer.h
#import "cocos2d.h"
@class Model;
@interface RootLayer : Layer {
Model *model;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) Model *model;
@end
// RootLayer.m
#import "RootLayer.h"
#import "Model.h"
@implementation RootLayer
@synthesize model;
- (id) init
{
self = [super init];
if (self != nil) {
//
}
return self;
}
- (void) dealloc
{
[model release];
[super dealloc];
}
@end
// ALayer.h
#import "RootLayer.h"
@interface ALayer : RootLayer {
}
-(void) draw;
@end
// ALayer.m
#import "ALayer.h"
@implementation ALayer
-(void) draw {
// draw based on state of the model
}
@end
- (NSXMLElement *)addTagWithName:(NSString *)tagName andText:(NSString *)tagText toParent:(NSXMLElement *)parent {
NSXMLElement *newTag = [NSXMLElement elementWithName:tagName];
[parent addChild:newTag];
if (tagText != nil) {
NSXMLNode *textNode = [NSXMLNode textWithStringValue:tagText];
[newTag addChild:textNode];
}
return newTag;
}
- (NSXMLNode *)addAttributeWithName:(NSString *)attributeName andValue:(NSString *)attributeValue toTag:(NSXMLElement *)tag {
NSXMLNode *newAttribute = [NSXMLNode attributeWithName:attributeName stringValue:attributeValue];
[tag addAttribute:newAttribute];
return newAttribute;
}
int random = arc4random() % maximumValue;
-(int)intInRangeMinimum:(int)min andMaximum:(int)max {
if (min > max) { return -1; }
int adjustedMax = (max + 1) - min;
int random = arc4random() % adjustedMax;
int result = random + min;
return result;
}
Inf wrote:
English teachers are rolling in their graves: "Vincent Riggio was rescued by firefighters with just cuts and bruises Saturday afternoon."
He was rescued with cuts and bruises? You'd think ropes and a ladder might have been more effective.
The written word is dying animal as long as the newsmedia allows stories like this to pass muster.
8/16/2009 4:12 PM EDT
philipr wrote:
@Inf: "The written word is dying animal..."
The written word is *a* dying animal...
8/16/2009 4:55 PM EDT
I manage a production department for a book publisher, I specialize in technical prepress myself, and helping to lead my company's digital distribution initiatives.
eBooks are now where computers were in the 1980s, where the market was fractured by brand and not by format, and by result there is too much vendor lock-in. Publishers have no choice but to go with a variety of formats. On the flip-side, publishers are now where the music industry was in the 1990s, but have the benefit knowing the music industry's mistakes and the result. If publishers do this transition wrong, they face the same fate as music and newspapers.
Eventually a few formats will come out on top, there are already some also rans, and some eBook distributors are easier to work with than others. Historically, the ePub and MobiPocket formats have the best chance of coming out on top of the format wars, largely because they are open as well as cheap and easy to convert to; a publisher can take their content to a variety of vendors and convert for flat rates per book as opposed to by the page.
Adobe, as much as they would like to be the market leader (who wouldn't?), isn't a slam dunk. There are already too many proprietary formats out there now, and that's not what the eBook market needs to succeed. Adobe would have to address and resolve the collective issues brought on by those formats, and I doubt they (or anyone) can. Besides, the technical prepress and IT groups at publishers are leary of Adobe's general product quality, and Adobe has far too much hubris and other products these days, they are The Other Microsoft after all, to deal with digital distribution effectively.
@Tom; “We’ve had WAY more than enough of consumers getting screwed in format wars. If publishers are going to play this game with ebooks, then just steal them until these folks come to their senses.”]]>
And the alternative for publishers is…what exactly?
If the publishers get into the format game instead of working with the myriad of vendors, they lock themselves into a very expensive gamble that more than likely won’t work (it will be too self-serving), and they lose just as much (if not more) than the consumer. Do that enough times and there won’t be any books left for you to steal. It sucks to be the consumer, but stealing content isn’t the answer because that benefits no one in the long run. Voting with your wallet is the way to go, especially now. Nobody likes the trial and error, but that’s where we are now until the market dictates otherwise.