If you say so.. but for example how would you click at specified coordinates in applescript? or get a pixel color? Of course, if an app is scriptable I use appscpt or automator, but in many case, even websites, I have to follow this path. thanks
Luca On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 Dec 08, at 06:47, Luca Cioria wrote: > >> First, I know little of os x programming since I bought my mac 2 weeks >> ago. >> >> I'd like to develop a set of command line tools that do gui scripting >> stuff. >> Some examples: >> >> click --> clicks the mouse at x y coordinates, optionally relative to >> current window, can be single click, double click, right, middle, >> mouse-down >> only (no releasing) etc. etc. >> getPixel --> get the color of a pixel on the screen at x y coordinates, >> optionally relative to current window. >> send --> sends keystrokes >> winActivare --> activate a specified window >> > > What you're looking for here is AppleScript. The AppleScript component "GUI > Scripting" has most of the low-level gunk you're looking for, as well as a > lot of higher-level functionality (clicking specified buttons or views). > Scriptable applications can be manipulated in much better ways - TextEdit, > for example, will let you do stuff like > > tell application "TextEdit" > set word 3 of paragraph 1 of text of document of front window to > "know" > end tell > > Although most of this functionality *is* accessible through Cocoa, it's a > lot more awkward to get at that way, and there's no real advantage to doing > so. If all you're after is an equivalent to AHK, AppleScript is the way to > go. > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/l.cioria%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
