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diff --git a/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/terminalcommand.py b/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/terminalcommand.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef8cb6c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/terminalcommand.py @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +"""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. +# + +from warnings import warnpy3k +warnpy3k("In 3.x, the terminalcommand module is removed.", stacklevel=2) + +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(typeApplicationBundleID, "com.apple.Terminal") + 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, 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") |