[MacRuby-devel] Basic delayed email method

[Cliff Rosson]

>
> As for actually sending emails, if you want to have things go through
> Apple Mail you could use the ScriptingBridge framework which has a few
> tutorials online (but for iTunes):
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/tutorial-os-x-automation-with-macruby-and-the-scripting-bridge/
>
> AXElements is another option that I am biased in favour of; but it may not
> be passive enough for your requirements.


This is really what I want. I need mac mail to send the email at a specific
time. Going to research what you provided. Thanks again.

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Cliff Rosson <cliff.rosson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> I wouldn't actually loop for an hour I was just lazily writing something
> as an example in chat. I'll take a look at what you provided and try to
> post my updates here. Thanks so much! :)
>
> -Cliff
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Colin Thomas-Arnold <colinta at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> A timer would work fine here I think, but in my opinion there is a lot of
>> value in learning GCD - but I also use NSTimers all the time, so whatever
>> floats the boat.
>>
>> But the original code Cliff sent doesn't use a Timer, it assigns a time
>> in the future and checks as often as possible that it is equal to "now", so
>> effectively blocks until the time has elapsed.  Though, if the program
>> "goes away" for that second duration, it will never be true.  Unlikely, for
>> sure, and this code would be fine for a quick command-line program, but not
>> good design.  A ton a ton of ticks are being wasted implementing a hacky
>> version of a timer.
>>
>> Timers/async == good, loops that block and are effectively a timer == not
>> so good.
>>
>>
>> @colinta
>> colinta.com
>> github.com/colinta
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Robert Carl Rice wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Mark,
>> >
>> > I use NSTimer a lot in my apps. What is the advantage of using GCD API?
>> >
>> > There is an excellent tutorial on the web for specifically for setting
>> up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail but I forget where I saw it. On warning;
>> if you set up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail don't try to take a snapshot
>> in Xcode 4. Xcode will follow the link to mail and include all of your
>> mailboxes in the snapshot. I don't know if there is a way to stop this
>> behavior.
>> >
>> > Bob Rice
>> >
>> > On Oct 19, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Mark Rada <mrada at marketcircle.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Busy looping for an hour would be really bad. I assume you would have
>> a sleep in there, but then you're still polling.
>> >>
>> >> If you are using MacRuby, looking at the GCD API would be a good idea.
>> You could do something like this:
>> >>
>> >> def schedule_email q
>> >>   q.after(3600) do
>> >>       # Send email
>> >>       schedule_email q
>> >>   end
>> >> end
>> >>
>> >> schedule_email Dispatch::Queue.new("com.rosson.delayed.email")
>> >>
>> >> NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop.run
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> As for actually sending emails, if you want to have things go through
>> Apple Mail you could use the ScriptingBridge framework which has a few
>> tutorials online (but for iTunes):
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/tutorial-os-x-automation-with-macruby-and-the-scripting-bridge/
>> >>
>> >> AXElements is another option that I am biased in favour of; but it may
>> not be passive enough for your requirements.
>> >>
>> >> HTH,
>> >>      Mark
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 2012-10-19, at 6:12 PM, Cliff Rosson <cliff.rosson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Everyone,
>> >>>
>> >>> I am fairly new to macruby and am having trouble finding some basic
>> documentation to help me out. I would like to write a simple app that sends
>> a delayed email based on Time from mac mail.
>> >>>
>> >>> I am thinking of something like this,
>> >>>
>> >>> time = Time.now + 3600
>> >>> while true
>> >>> case time
>> >>> when Time.now
>> >>>   #Send email
>> >>> end
>> >>> end
>> >>>
>> >>> Being able to respond to certain emails or send an email from a draft
>> would be a huge benefit. Can anyone point me in the write direction to
>> accomplish this? I am decently proficient in ruby but don't know where to
>> start with MacRuby.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks everyone
>> >>>
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