State of Python scripting on Mac OS X?

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 25-mrt-04, at 1:26, Mathieu Fenniak wrote:

> On 2004-03-24 16:42:04 -0700, Francis Avila <franga at shentel.net> said:
>> So I guess I'm asking if anyone knowledgeable can point me in the 
>> right
>> direction or tell me the current state of Python for AppleScript-ing. 
>>  If
>> there's a project that's building a "complete" OSA scripting component
> for
>> Python, I might be interested in participating.
>
> Python currently supports scripting through OSA very well.  The 
> support is not too well documented and can take a bit of getting used 
> to, though.  The interfaces are not the simplest they could be, but 
> they work very well.
>
> I've written to starter articles ragaring OSA scripting that might be 
> useful:
>  http://stompstompstomp.com/weblog/technical/2003-09-22
>  http://stompstompstomp.com/weblog/technical/2004-02-05
>
> It's hard to find more information on using OSA with Python.  I was 
> able to scrape together enough to get it working, but I've never found 
> a great resource.  But, after the Python interface is figured out, the 
> Script Editor application provides enough insight into individual 
> applications to work.

There has been some development w.r.t. OSA scripting using Python, such 
as http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/appscript.html.

Ronald