Thanks for the info on py-appscript, I think there's no real harm to running Apache as myself.
I'm doing some pretty cool stuff with python -- I'm using Django and Orbited together in the same mod_python instance, with Orbited not as a proxy like people usually do. I'm getting it so my Django code can send out messages to Orbited by direct call rather than across a socket. Of course to do this requires a single instance, so I put Apache in worker MPM with a single process. Supposedly not recommended but I haven't had any problems so far. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send Pythonmac-SIG mailing list submissions to > pythonmac-sig@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Pythonmac-SIG digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Rocketship in the Dock (has) > 2. Re: Making setuptools compile for x86_64 (has) > 3. Using Appscript in my application, how to include it in the > bundle? (Chris Stevens) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: has <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: pythonmac-sig@python.org > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:51:33 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Rocketship in the Dock > John Porter Simons wrote: > > I can run appscript from an interactive session and just ignore the >> rocketship in the dock, but when I run the same script from a >> Apache/mod_python, it hangs. Probably because Apache doesn't run as a normal >> user so it can't get a GUI context. This is a bummer, I was able to use >> rb-appscript from a web script, I wish I could use py-appscript... >> > > > You're correct that Apache normally runs under a restricted user which > can't access the GUI. I'm assuming you were running your Ruby script as a > regular user; perhaps you could use the same approach for your Python > script? Another option might be to use remote Apple events to communicate > with GUI apps running under a regular user. A third possibility would be to > run Apache as a regular user. The relevant security caveats and cautions > apply to all approaches, of course. > > BTW, the Dock icon is a red herring here. Both appscript implementations > uses the same Process Manager calls. However, the Process Manager only > 'helpfully' upgrades processes launched from an .app bundle, and while the > Python interpreter is packaged as an .app bundle, the Ruby interpreter is > just a regular Unix-style executable. > > HTH > > has > -- > Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC: > http://appscript.sourceforge.net > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: has <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: pythonmac-sig@python.org > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:51:39 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Making setuptools compile for x86_64 > John Porter Simons wrote: > > Any way to inform setuptools that I also need "x86_64" architecture? I >> also ran into this problem while installing mod_python, dinked around with >> the makefile flags but gave up until I discovered that the latest subversion >> trunk has the correct flags for 64-bit. >> > > See: > > > http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/OpenSource/PerlExtensionsRelNotes/ > > (Applies to Python, etc. as well as Perl.) > > To build 64-bit py-appscript you'll need to use the current trunk from svn. > (I really should push out a proper file release sometime.) > > HTH > > has > -- > Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC: > http://appscript.sourceforge.net > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Chris Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: pythonmac-sig@python.org > Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:41:30 +1000 > Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using Appscript in my application, how to include > it in the bundle? > Hi all, > > Sorry if this has been previously addressed. I am writing an > application in PyObjC and need to control various windows (some system > commands and Keynote most notably, to export slides as individual > images) using Applescript. I have had great difficulties using the > scripting bridge to do this, as there seems to be zero documentation > (i figured out how to control some itunes elements, but that was it). > Then I found Appscript, and it makes it all so easy. > > My question is, I had to install Appscript from the source to get it > working on this Mac. What will someone using my application have to > do? Will they have to install Appscript seperatly? Will I have to > include it in the installation package somehow? > > Thankyou very much for any suggestions, > Chris. > > >
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