desdp(1) [osx man page]

DESDP(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  DESDP(1)

NAME

     desdp -- scripting definition generator

SYNOPSIS

     desdp application

DESCRIPTION

     desdp generates a scripting definition (``sdef'') from the specified scriptable application and writes it to standard output.  The original
     dictionary may be either an aete resource or a set of Cocoa suite definition files (scriptSuite/scriptTerminology pairs).

     desdp is primarily useful for developers with an existing scriptable application who want a shortcut to creating an sdef(5) file.	While the
     resulting sdef will contain all the information in the original dictionary, it will probably not be perfect, since sdef(5) is more expressive
     than either of the older aete or suite definition formats.  For instance, aete cannot specify which commands an object responds to, and suite
     definitions cannot specify the ordering of terms.

SEE ALSO

     sdef(5), sdp(1)

BUGS

     desdp does not yet correctly support Cocoa ``Synonym'' sections or synonymous terms or codes in aete.

Mac OS X							   June 6, 2002 							  Mac OS X

Mac::AETE::App(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					 Mac::AETE::App(3)

NAME

       Mac::AETE::App - reads the Macintosh Apple event dictionary from an application.

SYNOPSIS

	    use Mac::AETE::App;
	    use Mac::AETE::Format::Dictionary;

	    $app = App->new("My Application");
	    $formatter = Dictionary->new;
	    $app->set_format($formatter);
	    $app->read;
	    $app->write;

DESCRIPTION

       The App module simplifies reading the Apple event dictionary from an application.  It will launch the application if necessary to obtain
       the dictionary.

       Methods

       new	 Example: ($name is the name of the application.)

		      use Mac::AETE::App;
		      use Mac::AETE::Format::Dictionary;

		      $app = App->new($aete_handle, $name);

       read	 (Inherited from Mac::AETE::Parser.)

		 Reads the data contained in the AETE resource or handle. Example:

		      $app->read;

       set_format
		 (Inherited from Mac::AETE::Parser.)

		 Sets the output formatter used during by the 'write' subroutine. Example:

		      $formatter = Dictionary->new;
		      $app->set_format($formatter);

       copy	 (Inherited from Mac::AETE::Parser.)

		 Copies all suites from one Parser object into another. Example:

		      $aete2 = Parser->new($aete_handle2, $another_name);
		      $app->copy($aete2);

		 copies the suites from $aete2 into $aete.

       merge	 (Inherited from Mac::AETE::Parser.)

		 Merges suites from one Parser object into another. Only the suites that exist in both objects will be replaced. Example:

		      $aete3 = Parser->new($aete_handle2, $another_name);
		      $app->merge($aete3);

       write	 (Inherited from Mac::AETE::Parser.)

		 Prints the contents of the AETE or AEUT resource using the current formatter.

		      $app->write;

INHERITANCE

       Inherits from Mac::AETE::Parser.

AUTHOR

       David Schooley <dcschooley@mediaone.net>

perl v5.10.0							    2005-05-16							 Mac::AETE::App(3)