[Tutor] Python and Javascript

[Mike Hall]

On Mar 25, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:

>> intrigued by Dashboard, which will be in the next OSX release. It
>> allows you to create "widgets" which are essentially little html
> pages
>
> There is an API for Dashboard and I'm pretty sure MacPython will
> support it - it covers most of the cocoa type stuff. You might be
> better checking out the Apple developer site for the Dashboard
> hooks and loooking at MacPythons options.
>
> Alan G.
>
>
Alan, thanks for pointing me towards a few good approaches to look at. 
Going through some of the developer information I've come across 
mention of JS extensions which allow for system calls within a JS 
function, which should pretty much do what I want. Thanks,

-MH