First stab at an interface to the Multi Language Text Editor. It compiles and…

First stab at an interface to the Multi Language Text Editor. It compiles and imports, but that's about all. Apple didn't put const in front of their input-only by-reference args, so that needs fixing first.

Mac/Modules/mlte/mltescan.py

+# Scan an Apple header file, generating a Python file of generator calls.
+
+import sys
+import os
+BGENDIR=os.path.join(sys.prefix, ':Tools:bgen:bgen')
+sys.path.append(BGENDIR)
+from scantools import Scanner_OSX
+from bgenlocations import TOOLBOXDIR
+
+LONG = "MacTextEditor"
+SHORT = "mlte"
+OBJECTS = ("TXNObject", "TXNFontMenuObject")
+# ADD object typenames here
+
+def main():
+	input = "MacTextEditor.h"
+	output = SHORT + "gen.py"
+	defsoutput = TOOLBOXDIR + LONG + ".py"
+	scanner = MyScanner(input, output, defsoutput)
+	scanner.scan()
+	scanner.gentypetest(SHORT+"typetest.py")
+	scanner.close()
+	print "=== Done scanning and generating, now importing the generated code... ==="
+	exec "import " + SHORT + "support"
+	print "=== Done.  It's up to you to compile it now! ==="
+
+class MyScanner(Scanner_OSX):
+
+	def destination(self, type, name, arglist):
+		classname = "Function"
+		listname = "functions"
+		if arglist:
+			t, n, m = arglist[0]
+			if t in OBJECTS and m == "InMode":
+				classname = "Method"
+				listname = t + "_methods"
+		return classname, listname
+
+	def writeinitialdefs(self):
+		self.defsfile.write("def FOUR_CHAR_CODE(x): return x\n")
+
+	def makeblacklistnames(self):
+		return [
+			]
+
+	def makegreylist(self):
+		return []
+
+	def makeblacklisttypes(self):
+		return [
+			"TXNTab", # TBD
+			"TXNMargins", # TBD
+			"TXNControlData", #TBD
+			"TXNATSUIFeatures", #TBD
+			"TXNATSUIVariations", #TBD
+			"TXNAttributeData", #TBD
+			"TXNTypeAttributes", #TBD
+			"TXNMatchTextRecord", #TBD
+			"TXNBackground", #TBD
+			"UniChar", #TBD
+			"TXNFindUPP", 
+			]
+
+	def makerepairinstructions(self):
+		return [
+			([("void", "*", "OutMode"), ("ByteCount", "*", "InMode")],
+			 [("MlteInBuffer", "*", "InMode")]),
+			]
+			
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()

Mac/Modules/mlte/mltesupport.py

+# This script generates a Python interface for an Apple Macintosh Manager.
+# It uses the "bgen" package to generate C code.
+# The function specifications are generated by scanning the mamager's header file,
+# using the "scantools" package (customized for this particular manager).
+
+#error missing SetActionFilter
+
+import string
+
+# Declarations that change for each manager
+MODNAME = 'Mlte'				# The name of the module
+
+# The following is *usually* unchanged but may still require tuning
+MODPREFIX = MODNAME			# The prefix for module-wide routines
+INPUTFILE = string.lower(MODPREFIX) + 'gen.py' # The file generated by the scanner
+OUTPUTFILE = MODNAME + "module.c"	# The file generated by this program
+
+from macsupport import *
+
+# Create the type objects
+
+includestuff = includestuff + """
+#ifdef WITHOUT_FRAMEWORKS
+#include <MacTextEditor.h>
+#else
+#include <xxxx.h>
+#endif
+
+/* For now we declare them forward here. They'll go to mactoolbox later */
+staticforward PyObject *TXNObj_New(TXNObject);
+staticforward int TXNObj_Convert(PyObject *, TXNObject *);
+staticforward PyObject *TXNFontMenuObj_New(TXNFontMenuObject);
+staticforward int TXNFontMenuObj_Convert(PyObject *, TXNFontMenuObject *);
+
+// ADD declarations
+#ifdef NOTYET_USE_TOOLBOX_OBJECT_GLUE
+//extern PyObject *_CFTypeRefObj_New(CFTypeRef);
+//extern int _CFTypeRefObj_Convert(PyObject *, CFTypeRef *);
+
+//#define CFTypeRefObj_New _CFTypeRefObj_New
+//#define CFTypeRefObj_Convert _CFTypeRefObj_Convert
+#endif
+
+/*
+** Parse/generate ADD records
+*/
+
+"""
+
+initstuff = initstuff + """
+//	PyMac_INIT_TOOLBOX_OBJECT_NEW(xxxx);
+"""
+TXNObject = OpaqueByValueType("TXNObject", "TXNObj")
+TXNFontMenuObject = OpaqueByValueType("TXNFontMenuObject", "TXNFontMenuObj")
+
+TXNFrameID = Type("TXNFrameID", "l")
+TXNVersionValue = Type("TXNVersionValue", "l")
+TXNFeatureBits = Type("TXNFeatureBits", "l")
+TXNInitOptions = Type("TXNInitOptions", "l")
+TXNFrameOptions = Type("TXNFrameOptions", "l")
+TXNContinuousFlags = Type("TXNContinuousFlags", "l")
+TXNMatchOptions = Type("TXNMatchOptions", "l")
+TXNFileType = OSTypeType("TXNFileType")
+TXNFrameType = Type("TXNFrameType", "l")
+TXNDataType = OSTypeType("TXNDataType")
+TXNControlTag = OSTypeType("TXNControlTag")
+TXNActionKey = Type("TXNActionKey", "l")
+TXNTabType = Type("TXNTabType", "b")
+TXNScrollBarState = Type("TXNScrollBarState", "l")
+TXNOffset = Type("TXNOffset", "l")
+TXNObjectRefcon = FakeType("(TXNObjectRefcon)0") # XXXX For now...
+TXNErrors = OSErrType("TXNErrors", "l")
+TXNTypeRunAttributes = OSTypeType("TXNTypeRunAttributes")
+TXNTypeRunAttributeSizes = Type("TXNTypeRunAttributeSizes", "l")
+TXNPermanentTextEncodingType = Type("TXNPermanentTextEncodingType", "l")
+TXTNTag = OSTypeType("TXTNTag")
+TXNBackgroundType = Type("TXNBackgroundType", "l")
+DragReference = OpaqueByValueType("DragReference", "DragObj")
+DragTrackingMessage = Type("DragTrackingMessage", "h")
+RgnHandle = OpaqueByValueType("RgnHandle", "ResObj")
+GWorldPtr = OpaqueByValueType("GWorldPtr", "GWorldObj")
+MlteInBuffer = VarInputBufferType('void *', 'ByteCount', 'l')
+
+# ADD object type here
+
+execfile("mltetypetest.py")
+
+# Our (opaque) objects
+
+class TXNObjDefinition(GlobalObjectDefinition):
+	def outputCheckNewArg(self):
+		Output("if (itself == NULL) return PyMac_Error(resNotFound);")
+
+class TXNFontMenuObjDefinition(GlobalObjectDefinition):
+	def outputCheckNewArg(self):
+		Output("if (itself == NULL) return PyMac_Error(resNotFound);")
+
+
+# ADD object class here
+
+# From here on it's basically all boiler plate...
+
+# Create the generator groups and link them
+module = MacModule(MODNAME, MODPREFIX, includestuff, finalstuff, initstuff)
+TXNObject_object = TXNObjDefinition("TXNObject", "TXNObj", "TXNObject")
+TXNFontMenuObject_object = TXNFontMenuObjDefinition("TXNFontMenuObject", "TXNFontMenuObj", "TXNFontMenuObject")
+
+# ADD object here
+
+module.addobject(TXNObject_object)
+module.addobject(TXNFontMenuObject_object)
+# ADD addobject call here
+
+# Create the generator classes used to populate the lists
+Function = OSErrWeakLinkFunctionGenerator
+Method = OSErrWeakLinkMethodGenerator
+
+# Create and populate the lists
+functions = []
+TXNObject_methods = []
+TXNFontMenuObject_methods = []
+
+# ADD _methods initializer here
+execfile(INPUTFILE)
+
+
+# add the populated lists to the generator groups
+# (in a different wordl the scan program would generate this)
+for f in functions: module.add(f)
+for f in TXNObject_methods: TXNObject_object.add(f)
+for f in TXNFontMenuObject_methods: TXNFontMenuObject_object.add(f)
+
+# ADD Manual generators here
+
+# generate output (open the output file as late as possible)
+SetOutputFileName(OUTPUTFILE)
+module.generate()
+