[MacRuby-devel] Basic delayed email method

[Mark Rada]

Hi Rob,

I think Colin answered this fairly well. Personally, I prefer to use GCD when available because I find the API simpler and GCD stuff works with or without run loops.

--
	Mark


On 2012-10-20, at 2:40 PM, Robert Carl Rice <rice.audio at pobox.com> 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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