| """terminalcommand.py -- A minimal interface to Terminal.app. |
| |
| To run a shell command in a new Terminal.app window: |
| |
| import terminalcommand |
| terminalcommand.run("ls -l") |
| |
| No result is returned; it is purely meant as a quick way to run a script |
| with a decent input/output window. |
| """ |
| |
| # |
| # This module is a fairly straightforward translation of Jack Jansen's |
| # Mac/OSX/PythonLauncher/doscript.m. |
| # |
| |
| import time |
| import os |
| from Carbon import AE |
| from Carbon.AppleEvents import * |
| |
| |
| TERMINAL_SIG = "trmx" |
| START_TERMINAL = "/usr/bin/open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app" |
| SEND_MODE = kAENoReply # kAEWaitReply hangs when run from Terminal.app itself |
| |
| |
| def run(command): |
| """Run a shell command in a new Terminal.app window.""" |
| termAddress = AE.AECreateDesc(typeApplSignature, TERMINAL_SIG) |
| theEvent = AE.AECreateAppleEvent(kAECoreSuite, kAEDoScript, termAddress, |
| kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID) |
| commandDesc = AE.AECreateDesc(typeChar, command) |
| theEvent.AEPutParamDesc(kAECommandClass, commandDesc) |
| |
| try: |
| theEvent.AESend(SEND_MODE, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout) |
| except AE.Error as why: |
| if why[0] != -600: # Terminal.app not yet running |
| raise |
| os.system(START_TERMINAL) |
| time.sleep(1) |
| theEvent.AESend(SEND_MODE, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout) |
| |
| |
| if __name__ == "__main__": |
| run("ls -l") |