[chimera-dev] apple events

[Tom Goddard]

Maybe Apple events can be used to pass events between apps.  I don't know.  We do cross-platform code development (Windows, Mac, Linux), so we rarely are interested in mechanisms only available on Mac, and we know little about those.

	Tom


On Dec 9, 2013, at 2:51 PM, "Dougherty, Matthew T" wrote:

> Hi Tom,
> 
> Just surveying possibilities.  
> 
> Thought apple events may be a way to pass events between apps.  Currently using keyboard short cuts, thought this might be useful as another conduit of control.
> 
> 
> 
> Matthew Dougherty
> National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
> Baylor College of Medicine
> ________________________________________
> From: Tom Goddard [goddard at sonic.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 4:41 PM
> To: Dougherty, Matthew T
> Cc: chimera-dev at cgl.ucsf.edu
> Subject: Re: [chimera-dev] apple events
> 
> Hi Matt,
> 
>  The Apple event code in Chimera I believe handles when a user drags a file onto Chimera.  That is received as an Apple event and Chimera opens the file in response.  Don't know what other Apple events might be interesting to handle.
> 
>        Tom
> 
> 
> On Dec 6, 2013, at 11:34 AM, "Dougherty, Matthew T" wrote:
> 
>> I was nosing around the code and I noticed something about an apple events handler.
>> 
>> Wondering if this be applied to some of my development.
>> 
>> Could you elaborate on its current use and potential application?
>> 
>> 
>> Matthew Dougherty
>> National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
>> Baylor College of Medicine
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chimera-dev mailing list
>> Chimera-dev at cgl.ucsf.edu
>> http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-dev
>> 
> 
>