Legacy Scripts

The approach to scripts and the "Scripts" menu was deprecated in GEDitCOM II, version 2.0 and replaced by the much more powerful tools called Extensions. If you are using scripts, you should upgrade to GEDitCOM II, version 2.0 and start using extensions instead of scripts.

Script Installation

If for some reason you have an old script that is not be repackaged into an extension, it can still be run in GEDitCOM II, version 2.0 (or newer). You cannot install such a script using the "Install Extensions..." menu command, but you can install it by this manual method:

1. A stand alone script should have extension .scpt, .applescript, .py, or .rb.
2. To install in GEDitCOM II's "Extensions" menu, the file needs to be placed in one of two places:
   • ~/Library/Application Support/GEDitCOM II/Scripts: The "~" means to start in your Home folder, open the Library folder, open the Application Support folder, open the GEDitCOM II folder, and finally open the Scripts folder. If you put the script in that final folder, it will appear in the "Scripts" menu in the "--User Scripts--" section and will be visible only when running in your user account.
   • ~/Library/Application Support/GEDitCOM II/System/Scripts: To find this folder, start in your home folder, open the Library folder, open the Application Support folder, open the GEDitCOM II folder, open the System folder and finally open the Scripts folder. If you put the script file in that final folder, it will appear in the "Scripts" menu in the "--System Scripts--" section and will be visible to all user accounts.
   • Python modules should be placed instead in one of two Modules folders in the same folders as the above Scripts folders (next to the Scripts folder, not inside it). If no Modules folder is there, you should create it.
3. If GEDitCOM II is already running, choose the "Refresh Extensions" menu command in the "Extensions" menu and the new script will appear in the list of available extensions. If GEDitCOM II is not running, the new script will appear when you start it.
4. To use the new script, select its name in the "Extensions" menu. If it is not clear how to use it (e.g., an undocumented script written by a user), you can open the script in Apple's "Script Editor" (Hint: select the script with the option key help down to open it for editing). Hopefully whoever wrote the script explained how to use it in comments at the beginning of the script text.