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diff --git a/Mac/Resources/app/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/scripting.html b/Mac/Resources/app/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/scripting.html deleted file mode 100644 index 16321cb28e..0000000000 --- a/Mac/Resources/app/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/scripting.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> -<html lang="en"> -<head> - <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> - <title>Controlling other Applications from MacPython</title> - <meta name="generator" content="BBEdit 6.5.3"> - <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="pythonsmall.gif"> - <META NAME="AppleIcon" CONTENT="pythonsmall.gif"> -</head> -<body> -<h1>Controlling other Applications from MacPython</h1> - -<p>Python has a fairly complete implementation of the Open Scripting -Architecure (OSA, also commonly referred to as AppleScript), allowing -you to control scriptable applications from your Python program, -and with a fairly pythonic interface. This piece of -Python:</p> - -<blockquote><pre><tt> -import Finder - -f = Finder.Finder() -print f.get(f.window(1).name) -</tt></pre></blockquote> - -<p>is identical to the following piece of AppleScript:</p> - -<blockquote><pre><tt> -tell application "Finder" - get name of window 1 -end tell -</tt></pre></blockquote> - -<p>To send AppleEvents to an application you must first create the Python -modules interfacing to the terminology of the application (what -<tt>Script Editor</tt> calls the "Dictionary"). Use the IDE menu command -<tt>File->Generate OSA Suite...</tt> for this. For more control run</p> - -<blockquote><tt> -pythonw .../Lib/plat-mac/gensuitemodule.py --help -</tt></blockquote> - -<p>from a terminal window.</p> - -<h2>Creating a scriptable application in Python</h2> - -You can also create a scriptable application in Python, but this is not -very well documented. For Carbon -applications you should look at the <tt>MiniAEFrame</tt> module. - -</body> -</html> |