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module AppleScript
  class Command
    def initialize #(1)
      @lines = []
      @tells = 0
    end

    def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
      immediate = name.to_s.include? '!' #(2)
      param = args.shift
      script = name.to_s.chomp('!').gsub('_', ' ')
      script += %Q( #{param.inspect}) if param
      
      unless immediate #(3)
        script = 'tell ' + script
        @tells += 1
      end
      
      @lines << script
      
      if block_given? #(4)
        @has_block = true
        instance_eval &block
        go!
      elsif immediate && !@has_block
        go!
      else
        self
      end
    end
  end
end




module AppleScript
  class Command
    def go!
      clauses = @lines.map do |line|
        '-e "' + line.gsub('"', '\"') + '"'
      end.join(' ') + ' '
      
      clauses += '-e "end tell" ' * @tells
      
      `osascript #{clauses}`.chomp("\n")
    end
  end
end




module AppleScript
  def tell
    Command.new
  end
end

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
win_gui-0.1.6	book_code/one_more_thing/applescript.rb
win_gui-0.1.4	book_code/one_more_thing/applescript.rb
win_gui-0.1.3	book_code/one_more_thing/applescript.rb
win_gui-0.1.2	book_code/one_more_thing/applescript.rb
win_gui-0.1.1	book_code/one_more_thing/applescript.rb
win_gui-0.1.0	book_code/one_more_thing/applescript.rb