a group of groups

[kevin11]

Hi,

I am trying to group some groups, and then name the supergroup I have just created.

The dictionary, says :
To refer to the newly-created group, use the last keyword:
group button "Yes" and button "No"
set the name of last group to "Do It"

However, if I execute : group group "fred" and group "Mary", I get a new group named group id 12345
but "show the name of the last group" gives "Mary", which I don't want to rename.

How then do I get the name of the super-group, so that I can rename it ?

Thanks

[dunbarx]

The "last" keyword is not stable with groups. Check out the dictionary entry. I prefer using the templategroup.

Craig Newman

[Klaus]

Hi Kevin,

yep, if you group some groups THE LAST GROUP is of course not the newly created group!

But you can check "the owner" of these groups and acct accordingly like this:
...
group group "fred" and group "Mary"
set the name of the owner of grp "fred" to "Ginger ermmm... Mary and Fred"
...
Tested and works!

Best

Klaus

[kevin11]

The "last" keyword is not stable with groups. Check out the dictionary entry. I prefer using the templategroup.

Craig Newman

which dictionary entry do you mean ?

[kevin11]

Tested and works!

Indeed it does ! Thanks Klaus. Your solution should be added to the dictionary entry.