[OS X Emacs] AppleScript support?

[Ken Mankoff]

Wow. 

BTW, lisp can do this.

  -k.

On 2014-07-09 at 14:15, Madhusudan Singh wrote:
> Yes, I do need to use a solution other than just lisp. I asked an
> AppleScript-specific question because the specific task I have in mind
> involves some other applications on Mac that need to be part of the
> workflow. For instance, the ability to "drag and drop" an image from a
> browser (say Chrome or Safari) to LaTeX code in the emacs buffer (which
> results in the insertion of a code block at the insertion point to include
> the image). Lisp cannot do that. It takes an OS and app aware script.
>
> So, my original question was posed after dismissing lisp as a potential
> solution, and I would appreciate returning to it if you do not mind?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 11:09 PM, David Reitter <david.reitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Aquamacs is very scriptable, although AppleScript would not be powerful
>> enough.  The syntax is a bit different.
>>
>> Try this
>>
>> (insert “Hello World”)
>>
>> place the cursor at the end of the line, then press C-x C-e.  This
>> executes the last bracketed expression as code, and it will insert this
>> into the current buffer.
>>
>> Aquamacs comes with the Emacs Reference Manual, which documents scripting.
>>
>> (Do you have a particular need to talk to Aquamacs via an AppleScript
>> interface?)
>>
>> - David
>>
>>
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>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 1:10 PM, Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello:
>> >
>> > I am a long term emacs user (mostly on Linux) but am looking at Aquamacs.
>> >
>> > Are there any docs for how to script Aquamacs? Say I wish to insert a
>> certain text in the current emacs buffer programatically. How do I do that?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
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