[OS X Emacs] AppleScript support?

[Madhusudan Singh]

Can lisp capture a mouse gesture (drag and drop) from a browser?


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Ken Mankoff <mankoff at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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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