[Pythonmac-SIG] Applescript-Python cooperation

[Bill Bedford]

At 8:16 pm +0100 14/12/98, Th. Fettig wrote:

>While looking for Applescript/AppleEvent-Support in Python 1.4,
>i found out that there was no way to talk to running applescripts.
>What i had in mind was an interface that should allow constructing a complex
>appleevent, containing arguments of types like strings and file references,
>sending it to a known handler (by handler name) of the script, with
>tha ability to receive return values or events.
>
>Does any of this functionalty exist in Python 1.5? The Python-1.4 way
>of integrating applescriptable applications (the 'concept' of ripping the
>aete-resource and converting it) seems not feasible.
>
>Has anybody tried to solve this problem? How did it end?
>


Yes there is something called PythonScript in Python 1.5.1 --  but its a
long way from finished.