Hi Rob,
I think Colin answered this fairly well. Personally, I prefer to use GCD when
available because I find the API simpler and GCD stuff works with or without
run loops.
--
Mark
On 2012-10-20, at 2:40 PM, Robert Carl Rice <rice.au...@pobox.com> wrote:
> 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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