applescript xterm script

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bishop638 Author

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applescript xterm script

Good evening every one

I'm having an issue with applescript. I would like to run a script in the terminal (called xterm) of the app XQuartz.

I tried this but unsuccessfully :

tell application "XQuartz"

launch

do shell script "cd /Users/antoine/Desktop/Projet_M15; castem14 projet.dgibi"

end tell

Any thought ?

Thanks

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), last version of Xquartz

Posted on Jul 17, 2014 1:23 PM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Jul 17, 2014 9:35 PM in response to bishop638

Well, the most obvious thought is that you're not using XQuartz at all.

do shell script is a standard AppleScript command that executes a shell command in its own environment - that is, it does not depend on any other application to execute. The fact that you've wrapped this in a 'tell application "XQuartz" block is irrelevant - XQuartz never gets to see the command.

From what I recall XQuartz has very limited AppleScript integration (maybe even none), so any interaction may have to be via UI events (e.g. simulating typing the relevant command).

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