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October 18, 2013 16:59
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An applescript url handler that opens System Preference panes passed to it. (http://yourmacguy.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/make-your-own-url-handler/)
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on open location this_URL | |
-- passed urls should be "syspref://[PaneName] | |
-- or "syspref://[Pane_Name]" -- no spaces | |
set x to the offset of ":" in this_URL | |
set sp to text from (x + 3) to -1 of this_URL | |
set pane to do shell script "echo \"" & sp & "\" | awk '{gsub(\"_\",\"\\\\ \"); print}'" | |
set h to path to home folder | |
set home to POSIX path of h | |
set path_heads to {"/System/", "/", home} | |
set pref_pane to text from (x + 3) to -1 of this_URL | |
repeat with head in path_heads | |
set pane_path to head & "Library/PreferencePanes/" & pane & ".prefPane" | |
try | |
do shell script "open " & pane_path | |
exit repeat | |
end try | |
end repeat | |
end open location |
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