[OS X TeX] emacs and Applescript

[Claus Gerhardt]

The first hurdle could be cleared, the path information can be obtained 
from TeXniscope, though, at the moment, only with the help of "System 
Events".

As for the unsaved changes: This question has to be repeated in very 
short intervals, for my taste "0.5" sec is just fine.

I think Enrico Franconi should be able to answer the question, if his 
emacs can be made applescriptable.

Claus

On Dec 19, 2004, at 1:52, Joseph C. Slater wrote:

>
> On Dec 18, 2004, at 5:09 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>
>> Maybe I should rephrase my questions. Some people asked me, if 
>> Flashmode would also work with emacs/TeXniscope. When I started 
>> looking into the problem these hurdles emerged: getting
>>
>> - the path of the open file and
>
> Could this be gotten instead from TeXniscope?
>
>> - the information, if the file contains unsaved modifications.
>>
> I hope folks from the mac-emacs list are reading this. I've done some 
> digging and come up almost empty. I did get this. Emacs occasionally  
> (every few minutes or so) saves the current buffer in #filename# 
> (adding # on each end of the filename). That file could be compiled 
> based on modification date changing.
>
> Joe
>
>> If someone can tell me, in sufficient detail, how these two pieces of 
>> information could be extracted from emacs by an Applescript, I am 
>> willing to pursue this point further.
>>
>> Claus
>>
>> On Dec 18, 2004, at 22:57, Gilbert Harman wrote:
>>
>>> In current emacs there is the function "do-applescript".  Does that 
>>> help?
>>>
>>>  Gil
>>>
>>> do-applescript is a built-in function in `C source code'.
>>> (do-applescript script)
>>>
>>> Compile and execute AppleScript script and retrieve and return the 
>>> result.
>>> If compilation and execution are successful, the resulting script
>>> value is returned as a string.  Otherwise the function aborts and
>>> displays the error message returned by the AppleScript scripting
>>> component.
>>>
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