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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:41:58 -0400
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Does this relate in any to cocoa ruby?

On Oct 11, 2006, at 6:37 PM, has wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Announcing the first public release of Ruby appscript, a high- 
> level, user-friendly Apple event bridge that allows you to control  
> scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Ruby scripts.
>
> http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org/
>
> Appscript makes Ruby a serious alternative to Apple's own  
> AppleScript language for automating your Mac. Here's a quick example:
>
> require "appscript"
>
> AS.app('TextEdit').documents.end.make(
>     :new => :document,
>     :with_properties => {:text => "Hello World!\n"})
>
> Ruby appscript is a port of the popular Python appscript package  
> <http://appscript.sourceforge.net/>, so while this initial release  
> may lack a little polish in places, it's based on a mature, well- 
> proven architecture that has been developed, tested and refined  
> over several years. As a result, rb-appscript 0.1.1 offers a level  
> of power, robustness and performance that is already very close to  
> py-appscript's, with further improvements to come.
>
> The rb-appscript package includes additional example scripts,  
> documentation and a tutorial, and can be downloaded from:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/rb-appscript/
>
> Forums for discussing rb-appscript are also available. Questions,  
> bug reports, suggestions for improvements, etc. will all be very  
> welcome.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> has
> -- 
> http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/
> http://appscript.sourceforge.net
> http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/
> http://appscript.sourceforge.net
> http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org
>

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