[ann] Appscript Installer 1.2 released
[ann] Appscript Installer 1.2 released
- Subject: [ann] Appscript Installer 1.2 released
- From: has <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:45:34 +0000
Hi all,
Just posted a new version of Appscript Installer, containing all the latest appscript-related modules, documentation and tools:
http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/appscript.html
Appscript is a high-level, user-friendly Python-to-Apple-event bridge that allows you to control scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Python scripts.
Appscript Installer 1.2 contains numerous improvements and several bug-fixes over the previous 1.1 release, and provides binary installers for both Apple-installed Python 2.3 and user-installed Python 2.4 on MacOS 10.3 and 10.4.
A couple items of particular interest to AppleScripters:
- The sfba module (part of aemreceive) allows you to quickly and easily construct scriptable faceless background applications (FBAs) with just a few lines of Python, a much simpler alternative to writing C-based osaxen to extend the AppleScript language with new commands. Wrap existing Python library functions or write your own; extending AppleScript has never been easier. Full documentation and an introductory tutorial are included.
- The osadict command line tool provides convenient access to much of appscript's built-in help system, allowing you to view information about an application's object model and commands. For example, to view the entire class inheritance tree for System Events.app:
osadict 'System Events' -i
or to view all the properties and elements of Finder's file and folder classes:
osadict 'Finder' -t file -t folder
While not designed specifically for AppleScripters, I reckon osadict alone will be worth the download, whether you're a novice AppleScripter struggling to learn their way around application dictionaries or an old hand looking for more information than Script Editor's basic dictionary viewer provides.
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AppleScripters interested in learning appscript should also check out ASTranslate - a great little learning tool that allows you to convert AppleScript commands to appscript syntax in a single click:
http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/index.html#astranslate
Scripters interested in developing their own scriptable FBAs should also check out the TextCommands and ParserTools FBAs on osaxen.com; both are built using sfba and source code is included:
http://osaxen.com/files/textcommands1.0.1.html
http://osaxen.com/files/parsertools0.2.0.html
Enjoy!
has
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