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    copied!<p>I'd like to write Javascript scripts for <a href="http://code.google.com/googleapps/appsscript/" rel="noreferrer">Google Apps Script</a> using CoffeeScript, and I'm having trouble generating functions in the expected form.</p> <p>Google Apps Script expects a script to contain top-level, named functions. (I may be using the wrong terminology, so I'll illustrate what I mean with examples...)</p> <p>For example, this function is happily recognised by Google Apps Script: </p> <pre><code>function triggerableFunction() { // ... } </code></pre> <p>... while this function is not (it will parse, but won't you won't be able to trigger it): </p> <pre><code>var nonTriggerableFunction; nonTriggerableFunction = function() { // ... }; </code></pre> <p>I've found that with CoffeeScript, the closest I'm able to get is the <code>nonTriggerableFunction</code> form above. What's the best approach to generating a named function like <code>triggerableFunction</code> above?</p> <p>I'm already using the 'bare' option (the <code>-b</code> switch), to compile without the top-level function safety wrapper.</p> <p>The one project I've found on the web which combines CoffeeScript and Google App Script is <a href="https://github.com/TobiaszCudnik/gmail-gtd-bot" rel="noreferrer">Gmail GTD Bot</a>, which appears to do this using a combination of back-ticks, and by asking the user to manually remove some lines from the resulting code. (See the end of the <a href="https://github.com/TobiaszCudnik/gmail-gtd-bot/blob/master/src/GtdBot.coffee" rel="noreferrer">script</a>, and the 'Installation' section of the <a href="https://github.com/TobiaszCudnik/gmail-gtd-bot#readme" rel="noreferrer">README</a>). I'm hoping for a simpler and cleaner solution.</p>
 

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