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If anyone has the time:

Create new stack, put one button and one image area.

To the button, attach:

on mouseDown
choose eraser tool
end mouse Down

This doesn't return the eraser in my case and I'm wondering whether it's a Mac thing, a Rev thing, or whether my computer is developing the ability to inflict pain.

Dear dalkin,

You are right. Only after using the eraser tool once, I can use the choose command to activate the eraser tool by script.

The RunRev team encountered this bug too. They decided to work around it by adding the following line in the tools palette:

...set the eraser to the eraser

So, your script should be:
Best regards,

Mark

Right on the money, Mark. Thanks.