1 2 :mod:`gensuitemodule` --- Generate OSA stub packages 3 ==================================================== 4 5 .. module:: gensuitemodule 6 :platform: Mac 7 :synopsis: Create a stub package from an OSA dictionary 8 .. sectionauthor:: Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen (a] cwi.nl> 9 .. moduleauthor:: Jack Jansen 10 11 The :mod:`gensuitemodule` module creates a Python package implementing stub code 12 for the AppleScript suites that are implemented by a specific application, 13 according to its AppleScript dictionary. 14 15 It is usually invoked by the user through the :program:`PythonIDE`, but it can 16 also be run as a script from the command line (pass :option:`--help` for help on 17 the options) or imported from Python code. For an example of its use see 18 :file:`Mac/scripts/genallsuites.py` in a source distribution, which generates 19 the stub packages that are included in the standard library. 20 21 It defines the following public functions: 22 23 24 .. function:: is_scriptable(application) 25 26 Returns true if ``application``, which should be passed as a pathname, appears 27 to be scriptable. Take the return value with a grain of salt: :program:`Internet 28 Explorer` appears not to be scriptable but definitely is. 29 30 31 .. function:: processfile(application[, output, basepkgname, edit_modnames, creatorsignature, dump, verbose]) 32 33 Create a stub package for ``application``, which should be passed as a full 34 pathname. For a :file:`.app` bundle this is the pathname to the bundle, not to 35 the executable inside the bundle; for an unbundled CFM application you pass the 36 filename of the application binary. 37 38 This function asks the application for its OSA terminology resources, decodes 39 these resources and uses the resultant data to create the Python code for the 40 package implementing the client stubs. 41 42 ``output`` is the pathname where the resulting package is stored, if not 43 specified a standard "save file as" dialog is presented to the user. 44 ``basepkgname`` is the base package on which this package will build, and 45 defaults to :mod:`StdSuites`. Only when generating :mod:`StdSuites` itself do 46 you need to specify this. ``edit_modnames`` is a dictionary that can be used to 47 change modulenames that are too ugly after name mangling. ``creator_signature`` 48 can be used to override the 4-char creator code, which is normally obtained from 49 the :file:`PkgInfo` file in the package or from the CFM file creator signature. 50 When ``dump`` is given it should refer to a file object, and ``processfile`` 51 will stop after decoding the resources and dump the Python representation of the 52 terminology resources to this file. ``verbose`` should also be a file object, 53 and specifying it will cause ``processfile`` to tell you what it is doing. 54 55 56 .. function:: processfile_fromresource(application[, output, basepkgname, edit_modnames, creatorsignature, dump, verbose]) 57 58 This function does the same as ``processfile``, except that it uses a different 59 method to get the terminology resources. It opens ``application`` as a resource 60 file and reads all ``"aete"`` and ``"aeut"`` resources from this file. 61 62
