Asp Forum - Pure Ruby App that receives events

Perry Smith

8/10/2008 1:54:00 PM

Does anyone know if it is possible to have a Ruby application that
receives Apple Events? I assume it would be in an event loop. Really,
what I'm asking is if I can create a pure Ruby app that behaves like a
"first class" application as Apple has promised.

Thank you,
pedz
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Francis Rammeloo

8/10/2008 3:45:00 PM

On 10 aug, 15:53, Perry Smith <p...@easesoftware.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know if it is possible to have a Ruby application that
> receives Apple Events? I assume it would be in an event loop. Really,
> what I'm asking is if I can create a pure Ruby app that behaves like a
> "first class" application as Apple has promised.

It may not be a bad idea to do a few standard Cocoa with Objective-C
tutorials and familiarize yourself with the framework a bit.

If you want to use Ruby there is a Cocoa wrapper called RubyCocoa, it
is supported by Apple:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/RubyPythonCocoa/Introduction/Introdu...

I found one article that seems to deal with events:
http://codeintensity.blogspot.com/2008/01/rubycocoa-...

HTH

Francis

hengist podd

8/10/2008 8:20:00 PM

Dolazy wrote:
> I found one article that seems to deal with events:
> http://codeintensity.blogspot.com/2008/01/rubycocoa-...

Installing event handlers via NSAppleEventManager is fine for simple
tasks. For full-blown scripting interfaces that expose a query-able
object model a-la Finder, Mail, etc., Cocoa Scripting would be more
appropriate (if a bear to get right). Matt Neuburg - who often lurks
around this list - would be the best person to speak to.

HTH

has
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Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC:
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John Joyce

8/11/2008 2:28:00 AM

On Aug 10, 2008, at 3:20 PM, hengist podd wrote:

> Dolazy wrote:
>> I found one article that seems to deal with events:
>> http://codeintensity.blogspot.com/2008/01/rubycocoa-...
>
> Installing event handlers via NSAppleEventManager is fine for simple
> tasks. For full-blown scripting interfaces that expose a query-able
> object model a-la Finder, Mail, etc., Cocoa Scripting would be more
> appropriate (if a bear to get right). Matt Neuburg - who often lurks
> around this list - would be the best person to speak to.
>
> HTH
>
> has
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> Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC:
> http://appscript.sourc...
>
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>
Also take a look at MacRuby
It is still in it's formative stages, but is the next level of
bridging Ruby and Cocoa.

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Pure Ruby App that receives events

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