Re: isMacintosh boolean in a macro?

Posted by Bill Mohler on Oct 11, 2008; 11:34am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/isMacintosh-boolean-in-a-macro-tp3694802p3694805.html

Thanks.
I  had  tried  this, and was lost in all the hits on macrOS.

>On Saturday 11 October 2008, Bill Mohler wrote:
>>  Is there an easy way to detect the OS from in a macro, so I can
>>  substitute in the correct punctuation?  I assume that ImageJ is aware
>>  of its environment, but how do I ask it?
>
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>Yes, search for "os" in this page:
>http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html
>
>you will find this:
>
>getInfo(key)
>Returns the Java property associated with the specified key
>(e.g., "java.version", "os.name", "user.home", "user.dir", etc.). Returns an
>empty string if there is no value associated with the key. See also:
>getList("java.properties"). Requires 1.38m.
>
>which is what you want, I think.
>I hope it helps
>Cheers
>
>G.