# 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). import string # Declarations that change for each manager MACHEADERFILE = 'AppleHelp.h' # The Apple header file MODNAME = '_AH' # The name of the module # The following is *usually* unchanged but may still require tuning MODPREFIX = 'Ah' # 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 AHTOCType = Type("AHTOCType", "h") includestuff = includestuff + """ #include <Carbon/Carbon.h> """ # From here on it's basically all boiler plate... # Create the generator groups and link them module = MacModule(MODNAME, MODPREFIX, includestuff, finalstuff, initstuff) # Create the generator classes used to populate the lists Function = OSErrFunctionGenerator # Create and populate the lists functions = [] 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) # generate output (open the output file as late as possible) SetOutputFileName(OUTPUTFILE) module.generate()