can python do this?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Rounak wrote:

> I am a complete newbie. I want to know if the following can be done
> using python or should I learn some other language:
> (Basically, these are applescripts that I wrote while I used Mac OS)
> 1.Web Page Image to Wallpaper:
> A script that takes the current image in a browser and sets it as a
> wallpaper.
> http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3462
> 
> 2.Screenshot with name, format, Dropbox upload and public URL
> I used to run this script,type the name for screenshot and press return.
> The screenshot would be uploaded to Dropbox and public url would be
> copied to clipboard.
> http://forums.obdev.at/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3448
> 
> 3.Play, pause, set rating to track in iTunes (a music player) with
> keyboard shortcuts without activating iTunes. I know there is no iTunes
> for Linux but is there a scriptable player. See hundreds of scripts
> for iTunes here: http://dougscripts.com/

As python has an apple-script binding, yes, it's possible, should even be a
rather smooth transition.

Diez