Interface to Apple Help Manager.

Mac/Modules/ah/ahsupport.py

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+# 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", "s")
+
+includestuff = includestuff + """
+#ifdef WITHOUT_FRAMEWORKS
+#include <AppleHelp.h>
+#else
+#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
+#endif
+
+"""
+
+# 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()
+