[OS X TeX] emacs and Applescript

[Claus Gerhardt]

Let me add a third "hurdle": tell emacs to save the file.

Claus

On Dec 19, 2004, at 2:31, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> 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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