Python and Rev

[Dan Shafer]

I agree, Frank. The key seems to lie in finding a way to essentially 
create the OSA (Open Scripting Architecture) as a Rev framework, no 
small task to be sure but one that perhaps the famous MonsieurX is up 
to?


On Apr 5, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

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> Yes, but only under Mac OS X (maybe Classic).
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> Extending Rev to support this would allow this to be used 
> cross-platform, as most of these scripting languages are available 
> cross-platform.
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> On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:33 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
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>> At 11:13 AM -0400 4/4/05, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
>>> Rev allows AppleScript via the "do ... as AppleScript" command. 
>>> Perhaps this could be extended to support things like
>>>
>>> do ... as Python
>>> do ... as Ruby
>>> do ... as AmericanEnglish   ;-)
>>>
>>> or whatever?
>>
>> I'm holding out for "do...whatIWantNotWhatISaid". ;-) Seriously, the 
>> "do as applescript" capability is based on Apple's Script Language 
>> Interface, which means if someone wrote a module for Python, etc. 
>> then those languages would automatically become available from within 
>> Rev. (I think there's a module floating around that implements 
>> Javascript, and one or two others besides AppleScript.)
>> -- 
>> jeanne a. e. devoto ~ revolution at jaedworks.com
>> http://www.jaedworks.com

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