Busy looping for an hour would be really bad. I assume you would have a sleep
in there, but then you're still polling.
If you are using MacRuby, looking at the GCD API would be a good idea. You
could do something like this:
def schedule_email q
q.after(3600) do
# Send email
schedule_email q
end
end
schedule_email Dispatch::Queue.new("com.rosson.delayed.email")
NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop.run
As for actually sending emails, if you want to have things go through Apple
Mail you could use the ScriptingBridge framework which has a few tutorials
online (but for iTunes):
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/tutorial-os-x-automation-with-macruby-and-the-scripting-bridge/
AXElements is another option that I am biased in favour of; but it may not be
passive enough for your requirements.
HTH,
Mark
On 2012-10-19, at 6:12 PM, Cliff Rosson <cliff.ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am fairly new to macruby and am having trouble finding some basic
> documentation to help me out. I would like to write a simple app that sends a
> delayed email based on Time from mac mail.
>
> I am thinking of something like this,
>
> time = Time.now + 3600
> while true
> case time
> when Time.now
> #Send email
> end
> end
>
> Being able to respond to certain emails or send an email from a draft would
> be a huge benefit. Can anyone point me in the write direction to accomplish
> this? I am decently proficient in ruby but don't know where to start with
> MacRuby.
>
> Thanks everyone
>
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