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Re: applescript

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  • Subject: [mg108529] Re: applescript
  • From: "alexxx.magni at gmail.com" <alexxx.magni at gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:38:52 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <hnicpk$st7$1@smc.vnet.net> <hnss2a$5qh$1@smc.vnet.net>

On 20 Mar, 08:46, Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychu... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 18, 4:34 am, "alexxx.ma... at gmail.com" <alexxx.ma... at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > it's a pity that nobody seemed interested, but for the sake of future
> > users googling about this problem, here's what I found:
>
> > 1) by using this simple script (thanks to Achilleas Lazarides)
>
> > tell application "Mathematrica"
> >   question="FactorInteger[987654321]"
> >   set x to do script question
> >   display dialog x
> > end tell
>
> > I get the answer {{3,2},{17,2},{379721,1}}
>
> > 2) by this instead:
>
> > tell application "Mathematica"
> >         set s to "Graphics3D[Table[{RGBColor[RandomReal[1, 3]],
> > Sphere[RandomReal[3, 3], RandomReal[{0.2, 0.4}]]}, {i, 5}], Boxed ->
> > False]"
> >         set es to "Export[\"a.pdf\"," & s & "]"
> >         do script es
> > end tell
>
> > I get a perfect pdf file with the output of any graphic command
>
> > alessandro
>
> > On 14 Mar, 11:12, "alexxx.ma... at gmail.com" <alexxx.ma... at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > hi everybody,
> > > after using Linux machines since forever, I am now using a macbook,
> > > and I just discovered what is IMHO the one and only feature where OSX
> > > leaves Linux (and Win of course ;-) behind: the universal ability to
> > > make apps communicate one with the other via Applescript.
> > > (dont flame me: I know I can link Mathematica with C apps and so on..=


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