COM API for Mac?
Is there something similar to the COM API for Mac? Looking at the wiki it seems that it is only available to Windows programs. Is this true?
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No & Yes — as far as I am aware.
COM is Windows only technology, why would you want any Microsoft technology like COM on the Mac?
L4 Mac uses some DotNet flavour components via Mono runtime for some shared (back end? Logos does not say exactly what) components with the Windows version. The L4 Mac front-end (UI) is built using Mac development tools. The UI does not 100% follow Mac UI conventions but is kept to look/work as close as possible as the Windows version.
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Rev Chris said:
Is there something similar to the COM API for Mac? Looking at the wiki it seems that it is only available to Windows programs. Is this true?
COM is a Windows-specific technology, and the API was implemented primarily for compatibility with tools that had been built to work with Libronix. We have no definite plans for a similar feature on OS X, but given enough demand, we might implement a Distributed Objects and/or AppleScript API.
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Seriously? An AppleScript API? How awesome would that be!
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I'll second that. Please add an AppleScript API. I would love to be able to set up a script that would allow me to add bible verse in other software (specifically MacJournal), be able to add a bible verse and have it link to Logos.
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Applescript support would be great. I've written a few which trigger menu options or key presses (e.g. copying a selected text to word in a set format and copying a link to logos of that text) but lots of menus (e.g. right click on a word) can't be dealt with this way. Or at least I don't know how to.
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Stephen Weasler said:
I'll second that. Please add an AppleScript API. I would love to be able to set up a script that would allow me to add bible verse in other software (specifically MacJournal), be able to add a bible verse and have it link to Logos.
I'm not familiar with MacJournal, but if it support hyperlinking with arbitrary protocols (i.e.-not specifically limited to http and https), you may find this useful: http://wiki.logos.com/Hyperlinks.
(it's been my experience that software for OS X tends to be less likely to handle our hyperlinks than similar software for Windows. Sometimes this even applies to versions of the same software product for different platforms; for example, PowerPoint for Windows handles our hyperlinks just fine, while PowerPoint for Mac lacks support for them)
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David Mitchell said:
I'm not familiar with MacJournal, but if it support hyperlinking with arbitrary protocols (i.e.-not specifically limited to http and https), you may find this useful: http://wiki.logos.com/Hyperlinks.
MacJournal supports L4 hyperlinks very well. [Y]
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is appleScript support any closer to being implimented into Logos?
For preparing serious amount of teaching material that require scriptures in full, Logos isn't really practical.
I have attempted to create some automator actions, but they are way to slow. The applescripts just don't work with menu items, which scuppers the whole thing.
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