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From: Rounak on 2 Dec 2009 09:32 I am a complete newbie. I want to know if the following can be done using python or should I learn some other language: (Basically, these are applescripts that I wrote while I used Mac OS) 1.Web Page Image to Wallpaper: A script that takes the current image in a browser and sets it as a wallpaper. http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3462 2.Screenshot with name, format, Dropbox upload and public URL I used to run this script,type the name for screenshot and press return. The screenshot would be uploaded to Dropbox and public url would be copied to clipboard. http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3448 3.Play, pause, set rating to track in iTunes (a music player) with keyboard shortcuts without activating iTunes. I know there is no iTunes for Linux but is there a scriptable player. See hundreds of scripts for iTunes here: http://dougscripts.com/ Thanks. I am a complete newbie. I want to know if the following can be done using python or should I learn some other language: (Basically, these are applescripts that I wrote while I used Mac OS) 1.Web Page Image to Wallpaper: A script that takes the current image in a browser and sets it as a wallpaper. http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3462 2.Screenshot with name, format, Dropbox upload and public URL I used to run this script,type the name for screenshot and press return. The screenshot would be uploaded to Dropbox and public url would be copied to clipboard. http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3448 3.Play, pause, set rating to track in iTunes (a music player) with keyboard shortcuts without activating iTunes. I know there is no iTunes for Linux but is there a scriptable player. See hundreds of scripts for iTunes here: http://dougscripts.com/ Thanks.
From: Diez B. Roggisch on 2 Dec 2009 09:51 Rounak wrote: > I am a complete newbie. I want to know if the following can be done > using python or should I learn some other language: > (Basically, these are applescripts that I wrote while I used Mac OS) > 1.Web Page Image to Wallpaper: > A script that takes the current image in a browser and sets it as a > wallpaper. > http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3462 > > 2.Screenshot with name, format, Dropbox upload and public URL > I used to run this script,type the name for screenshot and press return. > The screenshot would be uploaded to Dropbox and public url would be > copied to clipboard. > http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3448 > > 3.Play, pause, set rating to track in iTunes (a music player) with > keyboard shortcuts without activating iTunes. I know there is no iTunes > for Linux but is there a scriptable player. See hundreds of scripts > for iTunes here: http://dougscripts.com/ As python has an apple-script binding, yes, it's possible, should even be a rather smooth transition. Diez
From: Simon Brunning on 2 Dec 2009 09:52 2009/12/2 Rounak <irounakjain(a)gmail.com>: > I am a complete newbie. I want to know if the following can be done > using python or should I learn some other language: > (Basically, these are applescripts that I wrote while I used Mac OS) Python can do anything Applescript can do with the appscript module - see <http://appscript.sourceforge.net/py-appscript/index.html>. And, naturally, very much more. I have some driving iTunes examples I'd be happy to send you off-list if you're interested. -- Cheers, Simon B.
From: Rounak on 2 Dec 2009 10:00 > Python can do anything Applescript can do with the appscript module - > see <http://appscript.sourceforge.net/py-appscript/index.html>. And, > naturally, very much more. wait, sorry, i forgot to mention. I am now on Linux. I want to know what python can do in Linux. On Mac, I am glad to use applescript.
From: Diez B. Roggisch on 2 Dec 2009 10:17
Rounak wrote: > >> Python can do anything Applescript can do with the appscript module - >> see <http://appscript.sourceforge.net/py-appscript/index.html>. And, >> naturally, very much more. > > wait, sorry, i forgot to mention. I am now on Linux. I want to know what > python can do in Linux. On Mac, I am glad to use applescript. This question is not so easy to answer. Because such functionality heavily depends on your actual desktop environment - KDE, Gnome, or something entirely different. However, I'd say that using python you have a good chance of exploiting the services that are actually available to you. For example, taking a screenshot: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/69645/take-a-screenshot-via-a-python-script-linux Uploading that to dropbox is simple python urllib stuff. And there seem to be ways to insert things into the clipboard as well: http://arminstraub.com/bits-and-bytes/kde-clipboard-on-the-command-line Diez |