I have too much formatting (and email always has a way of wrecking
that), so I put a comment on the gist:
https://gist.github.com/cwalston/7368493#comment-948159
Have a good one,
--Alex Vondrak
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:28 AM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> Re-factoring 'spotlight.factor' worked better than SlimFast. "Look Ma, no
> files"!
> Much obliged for the pointers on how to set up commands for
> "with-process-reader".
>
> I've replaced the code in the Gist previously posted with a revised,
> self-contained
> version. Please do take a look & beat on the code. It should compile fine
> simply
> pasted whole in the listener. I'm sure many query formatting cases aren't
> covered yet.
>
> There are a passel of terminal examples to try to emulate at the end of the
> file.
> As there are myriad variations in formatting terminal commands, it would be
> good to
> have as general an interface from Factor as possible. I'd like to develop
> 'spotlight'
> into a practical utility. Suggestions? Feedback appreciated.
>
> Thanks kindly,
> ~ CW Alston
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 7:43 PM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Great help, folks!
>>
>> I think I can figure this out now. With a l'il more elbow-grease & your
>> pointers,
>> I'd like to make the 2 crutch files disappear, & access the MetaData index
>> in all its glory directly. That certainly would make this a much more
>> independent,
>> self-contained utility. Useful breakdown, Alex. Back to the drawing board.
>>
>> Thanks, all -
>> ~cw
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 8:36 AM, John Benediktsson <mrj...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This works for me, it has to be a string or sequence of strings:
>>>
>>> IN: scratchpad { "mdfind" "kMDItemComposer == 'Andrea Bocelli'" } utf8 [
>>> lines ] with-process-reader
>>>
>>> Anyway, I love this vocab and getting it to work is like 95% of the
>>> challenge, I think it would be fun to modify it to not require the
>>> indirection and contribute it to the main repository if you're interested!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> John.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:11 PM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>>
>>>> I can't get your suggestion to work with mdfind:
>>>>
>>>> > Why go through the indirection of a shell script and a query results
>>>> > rather than just preparing
>>>> > a sequence of args and then grabbing all the results, e.g.
>>>> > { mdfind "kMDItemAuthor == '*MyFavoriteAuthor*'" } utf8 [ lines ]
>>>> > with-process-reader
>>>>
>>>> - Trying this command format (with a different MD Attribute) works fine
>>>> in the terminal:
>>>>
>>>> ➜ ~ git:(master) ✗ mdfind "kMDItemComposer == 'Dylan'"
>>>> /Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/11
>>>> Wedding Song.m4a
>>>> /Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/10 Never
>>>> Say Goodbye.m4a
>>>> /Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/09 You
>>>> Angel You.m4a
>>>> /Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/08
>>>> Dirge.m4a
>>>> ...
>>>> ➜ ~ git:(master) ✗
>>>>
>>>> - But trying the same command in the with-process-reader format fails in
>>>> the listener:
>>>>
>>>> IN: scratchpad { mdfind "kMDItemComposer == 'Dylan'" } utf8 [ lines ]
>>>> with-process-reader
>>>>
>>>> Process exited with error code 254
>>>>
>>>> Launch descriptor:
>>>>
>>>> T{ process
>>>> { command { mdfind "kMDItemComposer == 'Dylan'" } }
>>>> { environment H{ } }
>>>> { environment-mode +append-environment+ }
>>>> { stdout T{ fd { disposed t } { fd 23 } } }
>>>> { group +same-group+ }
>>>> { status 254 }
>>>> { pipe
>>>> T{ pipe
>>>> { in T{ fd { disposed t } { fd 19 } } }
>>>> { out T{ fd { disposed t } { fd 23 } } }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> ---------------
>>>> -Switching single & double quotes around doesn't help:
>>>> IN: scratchpad { mdfind 'kMDItemComposer == "Dylan"' } utf8 [ lines ]
>>>> with-process-reader
>>>>
>>>> Error
>>>> No word named “'kMDItemComposer” found in current vocabulary search path
>>>> (however, mdfind 'kMDItemComposer == "Dylan"' works in terminal)
>>>>
>>>> ---------------
>>>> -Ok, so trying various permutations of single, double, triple quotes in
>>>> the command:
>>>> IN: scratchpad { """mdfind "kMDItemComposer == 'Dylan'"""" } utf8 [
>>>> lines ] with-process-reader
>>>>
>>>> Process exited with error code 255
>>>> (however, mdfind "kMDItemComposer == 'Dylan'" works in terminal)
>>>>
>>>> ---------------
>>>> IN: scratchpad { """mdfind 'kMDItemComposer == "Dylan"'""" } utf8 [
>>>> lines ] with-process-reader
>>>>
>>>> Process exited with error code 255
>>>> (however, mdfind 'kMDItemComposer == "Dylan"' works in terminal)
>>>>
>>>> ---------------
>>>> IN: scratchpad { "mdfind" """'kMDItemComposer == "Dylan"'""" } utf8 [
>>>> lines ] with-process-reader
>>>>
>>>> Process exited with error code 1
>>>> (again, mdfind 'kMDItemComposer == "Dylan"' works in terminal)
>>>>
>>>> ---------------
>>>> -Using the code from the spotlight.factor vocab works like the terminal
>>>> example above:
>>>> IN: scratchpad "Dylan" by-Composer mdfind .
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>> "/Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/11
>>>> Wedding Song.m4a"
>>>> "/Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/10
>>>> Never Say Goodbye.m4a"
>>>> "/Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/09
>>>> You Angel You.m4a"
>>>> "/Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/08
>>>> Dirge.m4a"
>>>> "/Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/07
>>>> Forever Young (Continued).m4a"
>>>> "/Applications/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Bob Dylan/Planet Waves/06
>>>> Forever Young.m4a"
>>>> ...
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> I'm probably missing something simple, but I haven't found a way to get
>>>> mdfind to work in
>>>> a process command, and reading the output stream-lines.
>>>> Hence, my relief at getting "a shell script and a query results"
>>>> approach to work without blowing up.
>>>>
>>>> I agree, it would be much more elegant to craft a solution in the form
>>>> of your suggestion.
>>>> If anyone can cook one up, that would really be sweet! I just want to
>>>> access the Spotlight
>>>> MetaData Index from Factor in the simplest possible way. Meanwhile, I'll
>>>> exercise spotlight;
>>>> baroque as it is, it gets me to the MetaData, and does find things.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Charles
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:37 AM, John Benediktsson <mrj...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Why go through the indirection of a shell script and a query results
>>>>> rather than just preparing a sequence of args and then grabbing all the
>>>>> results, e.g.
>>>>>
>>>>> { mdfind "kMDItemAuthor == '*MyFavoriteAuthor*'" } utf8 [ lines ]
>>>>> with-process-reader
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:55 AM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Oops- forgot to sign in)
>>>>>> Thanks for the heads-up, Björn - try this link, folks.
>>>>>> ~cw
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:14 AM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the heads-up, Björn - try this link.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ~cw
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Björn Lindqvist <bjou...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2013/11/8 CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>> > Greetings, Factorials -
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I've posted a vocab to the pastebin, a Factor interface to OS X
>>>>>>>> > Spotlight.
>>>>>>>> > Pardon the length; this should be split into at least 2 code files
>>>>>>>> > &
>>>>>>>> > a docs file. Just seems best to show everything together for the
>>>>>>>> > post.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Check your link, it doesn't go anywhere. :) Perhaps try
>>>>>>>> https://gist.github.com/ for long-lived pastes because they dont
>>>>>>>> delete them after a few days.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> mvh/best regards Björn Lindqvist
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> ~ Memento Amori
>>>>>>
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