Re: Hello, and a question about OS X // IPE and AppleScript

Hi Daniel,

sorry, that's where my knowledge ends - I hope that someone else will answer
here. :-)

2 more hints:

In the manual ( http://ipe7.sourceforge.net/manual/manual_49.html ) it is
said that 

1) " In addition, you can specify the name of an Ipe file to open on the
command line. Ipe also understands all options supported by the Qt library."
... I'm not sure which options the Qt library contains, but maybe there are
such things like collecting the names of open windows, etc.

2) " Ipescript: running Ipe scripts

Ipescript runs an Ipe script written in the Lua language with bindings for
the Ipe objects, such as the script "update-master". Ipescript automatically
finds the script in Ipe's script directories. On Unix, you can place your
own scripts in $HOME/.ipe/scripts.

The Ipe distribution contains the following scripts:

update-master, explained earlier;
add-style to add a stylesheet to Ipe figures;
update-styles to update the stylesheets in Ipe figures (in the same way that
Ipe does it using the "Update stylesheets" function)."

So, IMHO it should be possible to create small Lua scripts which return the
information you want (like currently open file) and those scripts could be
started from terminal (or Applescript) with the ipescript command.

Martin 



> Von: Daniel Kelley <[email protected]>
> Datum: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:26:59 -0800
> An: M <Elwood151-S0/[email protected]>
> Cc: <ipe-discuss-rGrgPyRx506NN8uzcEdRPYRWq/[email protected]>
> Betreff: Re: [Ipe-discuss] Hello, and a question about OS X // IPE and
> AppleScript
> 
> 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-S0/[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>> Datum: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:34:48 -0800
>> An: <ipe-discuss-rGrgPyRx506NN8uzcEdRPYRWq/[email protected]>
>> 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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