From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2008-02-18T01:40:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Send keystrokes to Firefox or Safari?


On Feb 16, 2008, at 9:44 PM, Stedwick wrote:

> Is there a way to send keystrokes to Firefox or Safari on Mac OS X
> Leopard using Ruby? I don't want to remote control the web using watir
> or anything, I just want to send keystrokes (ie. I want to be able to
> type into a text box really fast hehe).
>
> Anyone know how to do this? Thanks!
>
You will need to use AppleEvents, specifically System Events, and  
AppleScript.
You'll want to use rb-appscript as the Ruby library for AppleScript.
Get ready for a lot of stumbling in the dark...