[Ipe-discuss] Hello, and a question about OS X // IPE and AppleScript

[Daniel Kelley]

Ok, interesting.  Is it possible to have Ipe report info about currently
running documents?  I wrote an AppleScript which I then made as a service
in Automator.  This script/service reveals the document I'm working on in
the Finder when I hit a pre-defined keystroke.  This requires the
applications to report the active document to AppleScript.

I noticed that the path of the document is in the window name on Ipe.  Is
there a terminal command to get that variable for the active document?

Thanks!

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:20 PM, M <Elwood151 at web.de> wrote:

>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> very interesting question!
> I don't have an answer to your question but maybe a first hint which way to
> go
> for a workaround:
>
> >From within an AppleScript you can also run shell commands. Maybe you know
> that, if not, it is described here:
> http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showpost.php?p=415326&postcount=5
>
> So you just need to find out how to achieve what you want with a terminal
> command, and then you can launch that command with an AppleScript.
>
> I'm also using MacOS X, so if you find out how to automate IPE in OS X, I'd
> be
> happy if you share your knowledge with me and others in the IPE Wiki.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> Von: Daniel Kelley <kelleydv at gmail.com>
> Datum: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:34:48 -0800
> An: <ipe-discuss at lists.science.uu.nl>
> Betreff: [Ipe-discuss] Hello, and a question about OS X
>
> This is my first time posting to the list.  I am a new high school science
> teacher, and LaTeX combined with Ipe has proven to be extremely powerful in
> creating awesome handouts and worksheets.  I work on OS X and do a lot with
> AppleScript.  Any chance of making Ipe scriptable, at least in the most
> basic ways of reporting windows, names, documents, etc?
>
> I don't know what is involved with making an AppleScript Library, hopefully
> it's a simple matter.  Has anyone ever requested this?
>
> Daniel
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