Description

MacOS X Utilities

Author

Kon Lovett

Version

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macosx.egg

Requires

Documentation

Very incomplete MacOS X Core API.

Environment Query

Usage

(require-extension macosx-env)
procedure: (macosx:machine-name)

The machine name from core services. Probably not the same as (get-host-name).

procedure: (macosx:short-user-name)

The short name for the user. Based on the current process uid.

procedure: (macosx:long-user-name)

The long name for the user. Based on the current process uid.

procedure: (macosx:machine-location)

Returns a 4 element vector:

LATITUDE Latitude in degrees north to 2 decimal places.
LONGITUDE Longitude in degrees east to 2 decimal places.
DLS-OFFSET Number of seconds to add for daylight saving time.
GMT-OFFSET Number of seconds east of GMT, includes daylight saving time status.
procedure: (macosx:metric?)

Using the metric system?

procedure: (macosx:computer-name [STORE])

The computer name from system configuration.

procedure: (macosx:console-user [STORE])

Returns a 3 element vector:

NAME The (short) name of the console user.
UID The user id of the console user.
GID The group id of the console user.
procedure: (macosx:local-host-name [STORE])

The local host name from system configuration. Probably not the same as (get-host-name).

procedure: (macosx:location-name [STORE])

The location.

procedure: (macosx:session-info)

Returns a 10 element vector:

SESSION-ID The security session identifier number.
IS-ROOT A root session?
HAS-GRAPHICS Has graphics access?
HAS-TTY Has tty?
IS-REMOTE Is a remote session?
WAS-INITIALIZED Initialized?
SHORT-USER-NAME Short user name.
USER-ID User identification number.
CONSOLE-SET Console hardware number.
LOGIN-COMPLETED Login operations complete?
IS-USER-ACTIVE On console?
procedure: (macosx:main-bundle-path)

The full pathname of the currently running executable (including the program name).

procedure: (macosx:tick-count)

Returns an unsigned 32-bit integer that indicates the current number of ticks (1/60th of a second) since the system last started up.

procedure: (macosx:delay TICKS)

Suspend execution for the specified number of TICKS. Returns an unsigned integer that indicates the ticks after the delay.

procedure: (macosx:gestalt SELECTOR)

Calls the Gestalt Manager with specified SELECTOR and returns an unsigned 32-bit integer.

The SELECTOR can be a string, symbol, or an unsigned integer. When a string or symbol it is converted to a Macintosh 4-byte character value - an unsigned 32-bit integer. The string length may not be greater than 4 but can be less; space padding will be performed.

URL Support

Usage

(require-extension macosx-url)
procedure: (macosx:open-url URL-STRING)

Opens the URL-STRING using the system-dependent default application.

License

Copyright (c) 2006, Kon Lovett.  All rights reserved.

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