[Pythonmac-SIG] Python+Automator?

[Jack Jansen]

On 23-jan-05, at 15:55, Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Jan 23, 2005, at 9:29, has wrote:
>
>> Just reading up on Automator development 
>> <http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/automator.html> and 
>> wondering if the MacPython community (or anyone in it) has any plans 
>> to 0wnz0r it yet? Like providing a 'Python Automator Action' template 
>> for Xcode, flogging a nice introductory 'Developing Automator Actions 
>> with Python' article to online tech sites like O'Reilly, making 
>> themselves a presence on Automator mailing lists and forums when they 
>> arrive, etc.
>>
>> With Tiger arriving soon, seems like a grand opportunity for someone 
>> with a pre-release build and a hankering for MacPython evangelism to 
>> get in at the head of the rush and mop the floor with the 
>> competition. :)
>
> Given the description, it would be trivial to write an Automator 
> Action in PyObjC 1.2+ using the py2app plug-in bundle support.  I 
> doubt I'll be using Automator often enough to become a PyObjC 
> Automator evangelist though.

What's the advantage of PyObjC here? Just because it makes it easier to 
write the plugin, or does it help with writing the Python code too?

Because I wouldn't mind having automator support in a future "MacPython 
for Tiger additions"...
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