Hello list,
I am pleased to announce a new release of the AppleScript package[1], which
supports compiling and running AppleScript code from Haskell, and also supports
calling back into Haskell from AppleScript. This release has many new features,
including:
* AppleScript can now call back into Haskell, and return a final result to
Haskell
* a quasiquoter for writing AppleScript code
* unicode support
Here is an example showcasing the main features:
> {-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
> import Foreign.AppleScript.Rich
> import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as Text
> import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.IO as Text
>
> main = Text.putStrLn =<< evalScript mainScript
>
> mainScript = [applescript|
> tell application "System Events"
> -- Haskell value splices, and Unicode support.
> display dialog "The value of π is $value{pi :: Double}$."
>
> -- AppleScript can call back into Haskell.
> set yourName to text returned of (display dialog "What is your name?"
> default answer "")
> display dialog ("Your name in reverse is " & $callback{ \t -> return
> (Text.reverse t) }$[ yourName ]$)
>
> -- Splice other AppleScript code into here
> $applescript{ othergreeter }$
>
> -- Return text from AppleScript back to Haskell
> return "Hello from AppleScript!"
> end tell
> |]
>
> othergreeter = [applescript|
> display dialog "Hello from the other greeter!"
> |]
With this release, I have taken over maintenance from Wouter Swierstra. Many
thanks go to Wouter for his original work on this package.
[1]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/AppleScript_______________________________________________
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