Hi Mark,
I use NSTimer a lot in my apps. What is the advantage of using GCD API?
There is an excellent tutorial on the web for specifically for setting up
ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail but I forget where I saw it. On warning; if you
set up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail don't try to take a snapshot in Xcode 4.
Xcode will follow the link to mail and include all of your mailboxes in the
snapshot. I don't know if there is a way to stop this behavior.
Bob Rice
On Oct 19, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Mark Rada <mr...@marketcircle.com> wrote:
> 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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