-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 has wrote: > Robert Stephenson wrote: > >> As far as I can see, appscript lacks an equivalent of Applescript's >> launch verb, which opens an app without running it (useful for apps >> like Textedit or Keynote that create default documents when they >> run). Did I miss something, or how can you open a file without the >> default run action? > > Appscript does implement a built-in launch command: > > app('textedit').launch() > > However, it doesn't work at all right, so don't bother trying it. The > only way I can currently think of doing it is to use AS: > > import osax > osax.runscript('launch app "TextEdit"') > > > If anyone knows how to launch apps without them being sent the > customary run event then please let me know. > > has
How about: import os os.system('open -a TextEdit.app') - -- Kevin Walzer Poetic Code http://www.kevin-walzer.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFEv47VrTC5hIgjqTMRArHGAKCnoyiNNrLBccXwQqx2sb9I8LpN6ACY/Vts msULOdVrL+tdEPsVaI+gww== =QymW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig