From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2006-09-08T05:30:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby OSA "AppleScript" for the Macintosh

Logan Capaldo wrote:
> I think you left your google at home <g>: http://www.fobj.com/rubyaeosa/

I wish that were true. I probably should have mentioned why that isn't
an aswers to the question, despite having all the right letters in the
name.

With the JavaScript OSA, you:
a) Drop a component in your Library
b) Choose JavaScript as the language in the Script Editor application
c) Write actual JavaScript code that exercises OSA to script
applications.

For example:
  with (MacOS.finder())
      files["JavaScript"].move(folders["untitled folder"], false);

  // in AppleScript, this would be expressed as
  // tell application "Finder"
  //     move file "JavaScript" to folder "untitled folder" without
replacing
  // end tell


This is very different (in my mind, anyhow, and I assume everyone's)
from either:

a) Embedding AppleScript code within your desired language:
  SCRIPT = <<SCRIPT
  tell application "TextEdit"
    tell text of front document
      third paragraph
    end
  end
  SCRIPT
  puts OSX.do_osascript(SCRIPT).to_s.strip

or b) Sending raw, cryptic apple event codes around:
  app = OSX::AEDesc.application "TextEdit"
  app.ae_send ('aevt', 'odoc', OSX::AEDesc.fss ("README.en"))

Maybe this RubyAEOSA project is the start needed to move in the
direction that JavaScript OSA exists, but it's definitely not there,
and (as far as I can tell) it's not planning on heading in that
direction.