Re: scripting mail
Re: scripting mail
- Subject: Re: scripting mail
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 01:50:45 -0700
On Sunday, July 28, 2002, at 04:15 PM, cricket wrote:
If there was a single reason that would entice me to buy OS X
10.2 it would be that Mail will have AppleScript commands for
dealing with 'the selection' (meaning the currently selected
text in an incoming message window). I actually just need a
copy command.
Is this a part of "more extensive"?
It's possible to get the selected message as an object in
Jaguar Mail, but Applescript support for getting the text of a
selection is not yet implemented in Cocoa, sorry.
8-/
Can you give more details on what you're wanting to do? Might
be possible to do another way.
Hello cricket,
I would like to use a single key-command to append the text
selection to a text file. A text file whose name is derived from
the name of the current mailbox. Typically, I put a CR, a few
delimeter characters and another CR after the latest entry in
the text file. The messages from this list go into my
"applescript" mailbox. Like any other list, there's a lot of
dross along with the good stuff. I only need the good stuff in
my text file--which for this list is called "applescript.txt"
and is located in a folder along with the text files from all my
other lists. When I want to find something later on, then I just
batch-regexp through the file(s).
Currently, Mail doesn't even support a "copy" command. I must
admit, I'm having trouble fathoming why the most basic editing
commands (i.e. Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All) are not
supported (AppleScript-wise) in an essential application like
Mail. Or perhaps more accurately, wondering why these weren't
the first things Cocoa didn't implement in it's basic
AppleScript support for applications with text considerations.
That's just plain common sense. Seems to me, grabbing a pointer
to the selection range is already in place because of drag &
drop technology.
I can send you plain ol' C examples of how to implement custom
AppleEvents if you'd like. They could be used for Mail until
Cocoa formalizes the methods...
Best wishes,
Philip Aker
http://www.aker.ca
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