First stab at an interface to the Multi Language Text Editor. It compiles and imports, but that's about all. Apple didn't put const in front of their input-only by-reference args, so that needs fixing first.

Mac/Modules/mlte/mltescan.py

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+# Scan an Apple header file, generating a Python file of generator calls.
+
+import sys
+import os
+BGENDIR=os.path.join(sys.prefix, ':Tools:bgen:bgen')
+sys.path.append(BGENDIR)
+from scantools import Scanner_OSX
+from bgenlocations import TOOLBOXDIR
+
+LONG = "MacTextEditor"
+SHORT = "mlte"
+OBJECTS = ("TXNObject", "TXNFontMenuObject")
+# ADD object typenames here
+
+def main():
+	input = "MacTextEditor.h"
+	output = SHORT + "gen.py"
+	defsoutput = TOOLBOXDIR + LONG + ".py"
+	scanner = MyScanner(input, output, defsoutput)
+	scanner.scan()
+	scanner.gentypetest(SHORT+"typetest.py")
+	scanner.close()
+	print "=== Done scanning and generating, now importing the generated code... ==="
+	exec "import " + SHORT + "support"
+	print "=== Done.  It's up to you to compile it now! ==="
+
+class MyScanner(Scanner_OSX):
+
+	def destination(self, type, name, arglist):
+		classname = "Function"
+		listname = "functions"
+		if arglist:
+			t, n, m = arglist[0]
+			if t in OBJECTS and m == "InMode":
+				classname = "Method"
+				listname = t + "_methods"
+		return classname, listname
+
+	def writeinitialdefs(self):
+		self.defsfile.write("def FOUR_CHAR_CODE(x): return x\n")
+
+	def makeblacklistnames(self):
+		return [
+			]
+
+	def makegreylist(self):
+		return []
+
+	def makeblacklisttypes(self):
+		return [
+			"TXNTab", # TBD
+			"TXNMargins", # TBD
+			"TXNControlData", #TBD
+			"TXNATSUIFeatures", #TBD
+			"TXNATSUIVariations", #TBD
+			"TXNAttributeData", #TBD
+			"TXNTypeAttributes", #TBD
+			"TXNMatchTextRecord", #TBD
+			"TXNBackground", #TBD
+			"UniChar", #TBD
+			"TXNFindUPP", 
+			]
+
+	def makerepairinstructions(self):
+		return [
+			([("void", "*", "OutMode"), ("ByteCount", "*", "InMode")],
+			 [("MlteInBuffer", "*", "InMode")]),
+			]
+			
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()

Mac/Modules/mlte/mltesupport.py

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+# This script generates a Python interface for an Apple Macintosh Manager.
+# It uses the "bgen" package to generate C code.
+# The function specifications are generated by scanning the mamager's header file,
+# using the "scantools" package (customized for this particular manager).
+
+#error missing SetActionFilter
+
+import string
+
+# Declarations that change for each manager
+MODNAME = 'Mlte'				# The name of the module
+
+# The following is *usually* unchanged but may still require tuning
+MODPREFIX = MODNAME			# The prefix for module-wide routines
+INPUTFILE = string.lower(MODPREFIX) + 'gen.py' # The file generated by the scanner
+OUTPUTFILE = MODNAME + "module.c"	# The file generated by this program
+
+from macsupport import *
+
+# Create the type objects
+
+includestuff = includestuff + """
+#ifdef WITHOUT_FRAMEWORKS
+#include <MacTextEditor.h>
+#else
+#include <xxxx.h>
+#endif
+
+/* For now we declare them forward here. They'll go to mactoolbox later */
+staticforward PyObject *TXNObj_New(TXNObject);
+staticforward int TXNObj_Convert(PyObject *, TXNObject *);
+staticforward PyObject *TXNFontMenuObj_New(TXNFontMenuObject);
+staticforward int TXNFontMenuObj_Convert(PyObject *, TXNFontMenuObject *);
+
+// ADD declarations
+#ifdef NOTYET_USE_TOOLBOX_OBJECT_GLUE
+//extern PyObject *_CFTypeRefObj_New(CFTypeRef);
+//extern int _CFTypeRefObj_Convert(PyObject *, CFTypeRef *);
+
+//#define CFTypeRefObj_New _CFTypeRefObj_New
+//#define CFTypeRefObj_Convert _CFTypeRefObj_Convert
+#endif
+
+/*
+** Parse/generate ADD records
+*/
+
+"""
+
+initstuff = initstuff + """
+//	PyMac_INIT_TOOLBOX_OBJECT_NEW(xxxx);
+"""
+TXNObject = OpaqueByValueType("TXNObject", "TXNObj")
+TXNFontMenuObject = OpaqueByValueType("TXNFontMenuObject", "TXNFontMenuObj")
+
+TXNFrameID = Type("TXNFrameID", "l")
+TXNVersionValue = Type("TXNVersionValue", "l")
+TXNFeatureBits = Type("TXNFeatureBits", "l")
+TXNInitOptions = Type("TXNInitOptions", "l")
+TXNFrameOptions = Type("TXNFrameOptions", "l")
+TXNContinuousFlags = Type("TXNContinuousFlags", "l")
+TXNMatchOptions = Type("TXNMatchOptions", "l")
+TXNFileType = OSTypeType("TXNFileType")
+TXNFrameType = Type("TXNFrameType", "l")
+TXNDataType = OSTypeType("TXNDataType")
+TXNControlTag = OSTypeType("TXNControlTag")
+TXNActionKey = Type("TXNActionKey", "l")
+TXNTabType = Type("TXNTabType", "b")
+TXNScrollBarState = Type("TXNScrollBarState", "l")
+TXNOffset = Type("TXNOffset", "l")
+TXNObjectRefcon = FakeType("(TXNObjectRefcon)0") # XXXX For now...
+TXNErrors = OSErrType("TXNErrors", "l")
+TXNTypeRunAttributes = OSTypeType("TXNTypeRunAttributes")
+TXNTypeRunAttributeSizes = Type("TXNTypeRunAttributeSizes", "l")
+TXNPermanentTextEncodingType = Type("TXNPermanentTextEncodingType", "l")
+TXTNTag = OSTypeType("TXTNTag")
+TXNBackgroundType = Type("TXNBackgroundType", "l")
+DragReference = OpaqueByValueType("DragReference", "DragObj")
+DragTrackingMessage = Type("DragTrackingMessage", "h")
+RgnHandle = OpaqueByValueType("RgnHandle", "ResObj")
+GWorldPtr = OpaqueByValueType("GWorldPtr", "GWorldObj")
+MlteInBuffer = VarInputBufferType('void *', 'ByteCount', 'l')
+
+# ADD object type here
+
+execfile("mltetypetest.py")
+
+# Our (opaque) objects
+
+class TXNObjDefinition(GlobalObjectDefinition):
+	def outputCheckNewArg(self):
+		Output("if (itself == NULL) return PyMac_Error(resNotFound);")
+
+class TXNFontMenuObjDefinition(GlobalObjectDefinition):
+	def outputCheckNewArg(self):
+		Output("if (itself == NULL) return PyMac_Error(resNotFound);")
+
+
+# ADD object class here
+
+# From here on it's basically all boiler plate...
+
+# Create the generator groups and link them
+module = MacModule(MODNAME, MODPREFIX, includestuff, finalstuff, initstuff)
+TXNObject_object = TXNObjDefinition("TXNObject", "TXNObj", "TXNObject")
+TXNFontMenuObject_object = TXNFontMenuObjDefinition("TXNFontMenuObject", "TXNFontMenuObj", "TXNFontMenuObject")
+
+# ADD object here
+
+module.addobject(TXNObject_object)
+module.addobject(TXNFontMenuObject_object)
+# ADD addobject call here
+
+# Create the generator classes used to populate the lists
+Function = OSErrWeakLinkFunctionGenerator
+Method = OSErrWeakLinkMethodGenerator
+
+# Create and populate the lists
+functions = []
+TXNObject_methods = []
+TXNFontMenuObject_methods = []
+
+# ADD _methods initializer here
+execfile(INPUTFILE)
+
+
+# add the populated lists to the generator groups
+# (in a different wordl the scan program would generate this)
+for f in functions: module.add(f)
+for f in TXNObject_methods: TXNObject_object.add(f)
+for f in TXNFontMenuObject_methods: TXNFontMenuObject_object.add(f)
+
+# ADD Manual generators here
+
+# generate output (open the output file as late as possible)
+SetOutputFileName(OUTPUTFILE)
+module.generate()
+