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65 lines
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\section{\module{gensuitemodule} ---
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Generate OSA stub packages}
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\declaremodule{standard}{gensuitemodule}
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\platform{Mac}
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%\moduleauthor{Jack Jansen?}{email}
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\modulesynopsis{Create a stub package from an OSA dictionary}
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\sectionauthor{Jack Jansen}{Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl}
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The \module{gensuitemodule} module creates a Python package implementing
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stub code for the AppleScript suites that are implemented by a specific
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application, according to its AppleScript dictionary.
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It is usually invoked by the user through the \program{PythonIDE}, but
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it can also be run as a script from the command line (pass \code{--help}
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for help on the options) or imported from Python code. For an example of
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its use see \file{Mac/scripts/genallsuites.py} in a source distribution,
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which generates the stub packages that are included in the standard
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library.
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It defines the following public functions:
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\begin{funcdesc}{is_scriptable}{application}
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Returns true if \code{application}, which should be passed as a pathname,
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appears to be scriptable. Take the return value with a grain of salt:
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\program{Internet Explorer} appears not to be scriptable but definitely is.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{processfile}{application\optional{, output, basepkgname,
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edit_modnames, creatorsignature, dump, verbose}}
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Create a stub package for \code{application}, which should be passed as
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a full pathname. For a \file{.app} bundle this is the pathname to the
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bundle, not to the executable inside the bundle; for an unbundled CFM
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application you pass the filename of the application binary.
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This function asks the application for its OSA terminology resources,
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decodes these resources and uses the resultant data to create the Python
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code for the package implementing the client stubs.
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\code{output} is the pathname where the resulting package is stored, if
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not specified a standard "save file as" dialog is presented to
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the user. \code{basepkgname} is the base package on which this package
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will build, and defaults to \module{StdSuites}. Only when generating
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\module{StdSuites} itself do you need to specify this.
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\code{edit_modnames} is a dictionary that can be used to change
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modulenames that are too ugly after name mangling.
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\code{creator_signature} can be used to override the 4-char creator
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code, which is normally obtained from the \file{PkgInfo} file in the
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package or from the CFM file creator signature. When \code{dump} is
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given it should refer to a file object, and \code{processfile} will stop
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after decoding the resources and dump the Python representation of the
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terminology resources to this file. \code{verbose} should also be a file
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object, and specifying it will cause \code{processfile} to tell you what
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it is doing.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{processfile_fromresource}{application\optional{, output,
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basepkgname, edit_modnames, creatorsignature, dump, verbose}}
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This function does the same as \code{processfile}, except that it uses a
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different method to get the terminology resources. It opens \code{application}
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as a resource file and reads all \code{"aete"} and \code{"aeut"} resources
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from this file.
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\end{funcdesc}
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