[Pythonmac-SIG] appscript path issue

[Bill Janssen]

Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to write this scrap of Applescript in Python appscript:
> 
>   on run
> 	tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
> 		set this_item to path of active presentation
> 	end tell
> 	set unix_item to POSIX path of this_item
> 	display dialog of unix_item
>   end run
> 
> which yields "/tilde/janssen/Documents", an NFS-mounted location.
> 
> I've got this:
> 
>   from appscript import *
>   from mactypes import *
>   print File.makewithhfspath(app("Microsoft PowerPoint").active_presentation.path()).path
> 
> However, in this case, I get "/janssen/Documents", which is wrong.
> 
> So, how do I get the effect of "POSIX path of" in appscriptpt?
> 
> This is appscript 0.19.0 on 10.5.6, with /usr/bin/python.

And osascript seems to get this right, too:

% osascript -e 'POSIX path of "janssen:Documents"'
/tilde/janssen/Documents
%

Bill