From: Matt Mower <matt.mower@...>
Date: 2007-10-29T18:58:46+09:00
Subject: Re: iTerm and Ruby::OSA

On 29/10/2007, has <has.temp3@virgin.net> wrote:
> Unlike AppleScript, which is very more forgiving of imperfect
> dictionaries, RubyOSA strictly enforces the structure and content
> provided by application dictionaries. As a result, any bugs or quirks
> in an application's dictionary may prevent RubyOSA from accessing some
> or all of that application's scripting features.

Thanks Has -- it does seem like Appscript is the way to go.

After some experimenting I came up with the following, that addresses
my need to create a new tab in the current iTerm window and execute a
command in it:

 require 'rubygems'
 require 'appscript'

 iterm = Appscript::app('iTerm')

 session = iterm.current_terminal.sessions.end.make( :new => :session )
 session.exec( :command => "bash" )
 session.write( :text => "echo 'Hello World'" )

Being unfamiliar with Appscript as well as AppleScript in general it
took me a few tries to to go from your example to making a new session
and executing a command. The key was to appreciate that Appscript
follows script dictionary closely and
uses the literal AppleScript parameters passed in hashes.

Many thanks again for your help and suggestion of using Appscript :-)

Regards,

Matt

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