[chimera-dev] apple events

[Conrad Huang]

If the goal is to pass commands to Chimera, I recommend taking a look at 
the REST server extension: 
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/restserver/restserver.html.

Conrad

On 12/9/2013 2:55 PM, Tom Goddard wrote:
> 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
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>>
>>
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