| Just van Rossum | 8afa3a3 | 2003-01-04 21:44:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | """terminalcommand.py -- A minimal interface to Terminal.app. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | To run a shell command in a new Terminal.app window: |
| 4 | |
| 5 | import terminalcommand |
| 6 | terminalcommand.run("ls -l") |
| 7 | |
| 8 | No result is returned; it is purely meant as a quick way to run a script |
| 9 | with a decent input/output window. |
| 10 | """ |
| 11 | |
| 12 | # |
| 13 | # This module is a fairly straightforward translation of Jack Jansen's |
| 14 | # Mac/OSX/PythonLauncher/doscript.m. |
| 15 | # |
| 16 | |
| 17 | import time |
| 18 | import os |
| 19 | from Carbon import AE |
| 20 | from Carbon.AppleEvents import * |
| 21 | |
| 22 | |
| 23 | TERMINAL_SIG = "trmx" |
| 24 | START_TERMINAL = "/usr/bin/open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app" |
| 25 | SEND_MODE = kAENoReply # kAEWaitReply hangs when run from Terminal.app itself |
| 26 | |
| 27 | |
| 28 | def run(command): |
| 29 | """Run a shell command in a new Terminal.app window.""" |
| 30 | termAddress = AE.AECreateDesc(typeApplSignature, TERMINAL_SIG) |
| 31 | theEvent = AE.AECreateAppleEvent(kAEMiscStandards, kAEActivate, |
| 32 | termAddress, kAutoGenerateReturnID, |
| 33 | kAnyTransactionID) |
| 34 | |
| 35 | try: |
| 36 | theEvent.AESend(SEND_MODE, kAENormalPriority, |
| 37 | kAEDefaultTimeout) |
| 38 | except AE.Error, why: |
| 39 | if why[0] != -600: # Terminal.app not yet running |
| 40 | raise |
| 41 | os.system(START_TERMINAL) |
| 42 | time.sleep(1) |
| 43 | theEvent.AESend(SEND_MODE, kAENormalPriority, |
| 44 | kAEDefaultTimeout) |
| 45 | |
| 46 | theEvent = AE.AECreateAppleEvent(kAECoreSuite, kAEDoScript, termAddress, |
| 47 | kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID) |
| 48 | commandDesc = AE.AECreateDesc(typeChar, command) |
| 49 | theEvent.AEPutParamDesc(kAECommandClass, commandDesc) |
| 50 | theEvent.AESend(SEND_MODE, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout) |
| 51 | |
| 52 | |
| 53 | if __name__ == "__main__": |
| 54 | run("ls -l") |