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What is r/o in AppleScript documentation?

In AppleScript documentation, some parameters have r/o marked. What is it?

name (text, r/o) : Its name.
Solution

  • Exactly, r/o says that the property is read-only, meaning you can retrieve its value, but not set it. Source: Beginning AppleScript. By Stephen G. Kochan, p. 358.

    See also AppleScript: The Definitive Guide by Matt Neuburg: Section 20.6.

    A property can be specified as read-only ; this is displayed in Script Editor as "[r/o]", and in Script Debugger as "get" (as opposed to "get/set"). See https://flylib.com/books/en/4.105.1.184/1/