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Appscript is a high-level, user-friendly MacPython-to-Apple Event Manager bridge that allows you to control scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Python scripts. Appscript makes MacPython a serious alternative to Apple's own /AppleScript language for automating your Mac. | Appscript is a high-level, user-friendly MacPython-to-Apple Event Manager bridge that allows you to control scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Python scripts. Appscript makes MacPython a serious alternative to Apple's own ../AppleScript language for automating your Mac. |
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For example, to get the value of the first paragraph of the topmost document in TextEdit: {{{ | For example, to get the value of the first paragraph of the topmost document in ../TextEdit: {{{ |
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* ["/Apple Mail"] * ["/FileMakerPro"] * ["/Growl"] * ["/iCal"] * ["/iPhoto"] * ["/iTerm"] * ["/iTunes"] * ["/iView MediaPro"] * ["/OmniGraffle"] * ["/QuarkXPress"] * ["/TextEdit"] * ["/VoodooPad"] * ["/PhotoShop"] * ["/Illustrator"] * ["/SoundtrackPro"] |
* ["../Apple Mail"] * ["../FileMakerPro"] * ["../Growl"] * ["../iCal"] * ["../iPhoto"] * ["../iTerm"] * ["../iTunes"] * ["../iView MediaPro"] * ["../OmniGraffle"] * ["../QuarkXPress"] * ["../TextEdit"] * ["../VoodooPad"] * ["../PhotoShop"] * ["../Illustrator"] * ["../SoundtrackPro"] |
What is Appscript?
Appscript is a high-level, user-friendly MacPython-to-Apple Event Manager bridge that allows you to control scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Python scripts. Appscript makes MacPython a serious alternative to Apple's own ../AppleScript language for automating your Mac.
For example, to get the value of the first paragraph of the topmost document in ../TextEdit:
app('TextEdit').documents[1].paragraphs[1].get()
This is equivalent to the /AppleScript statement:
get paragraph 1 of document 1 of application "TextEdit"
Appscript builds upon lower-level Python packages (aem, osaterminology) to provide:
an Apple event-based RPC mechanism for sending commands to applications
- a mechanism for converting data between common Python and Apple event types
a simple embedded query language for constructing references to an application's object model
- a mechanism that uses application-defined terminology to present these references in human-readable form
- an integrated help system for exploring application terminology information
a clean, object oriented-like syntax for ease of use.
See:
Application scripting notes
Pages containing additional information on scripting individual applications:
- ["../Apple Mail"]
["../FileMakerPro"]
- ["../Growl"]
- ["../iCal"]
- ["../iPhoto"]
- ["../iTerm"]
- ["../iTunes"]
["../iView MediaPro"]
["../OmniGraffle"]
- ["../QuarkXPress"]
["../TextEdit"]
["../VoodooPad"]
["../PhotoShop"]
- ["../Illustrator"]
["../SoundtrackPro"]