Re: [Tutor] Controlling applications

2008-06-11 Thread Eike Welk
On Monday 09 June 2008 17:51, W W wrote: > Hi, > > I've done some cursory searches, and it doesn't appear that what I > want to do is popular, if it's even possible. > > I'm trying to control other applications via python (specifically > my web browser). > > My hope is there is some way to emulate

Re: [Tutor] Controlling applications

2008-06-10 Thread Chris Fuller
On Monday 09 June 2008 14:13, Alan Gauld wrote: > You need to find an API that lets you work at the X windows > protocol level. I don;t know of one but will be surprised if > there isn't such a beast around somewhere! This made me think of Tcl's send() function. This web page has some links that

Re: [Tutor] Controlling applications

2008-06-09 Thread Jeff Younker
On Jun 9, 2008, at 8:51 AM, W W wrote: Originally I was planning to use urllib to post/retrieve the data, but as far as I can tell, the bank uses several variables and some javascript to authenticate everything, and it seems overly complicated to try and manually figure it all out. Raw urllib i

Re: [Tutor] Controlling applications

2008-06-09 Thread Kent Johnson
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Michael Langford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're looking for mechanize > http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/ Possibly but mechanize emulates a browser, it doesn't control one, which the OP specifically rejected as an option... Kent >> Originally I was

Re: [Tutor] Controlling applications

2008-06-09 Thread Michael Langford
You're looking for mechanize http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/ On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM, W W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've done some cursory searches, and it doesn't appear that what I > want to do is popular, if it's even possible. > > I'm trying to control other appl

Re: [Tutor] Controlling applications

2008-06-09 Thread Alan Gauld
"W W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote I'm trying to control other applications via python (specifically my web browser). The webbrowser module will maybe give you a start? My hope is there is some way to emulate a series of keypresses. I know how to do that in Windows but not in Linux! Is the

[Tutor] Controlling applications

2008-06-09 Thread W W
Hi, I've done some cursory searches, and it doesn't appear that what I want to do is popular, if it's even possible. I'm trying to control other applications via python (specifically my web browser). My hope is there is some way to emulate a series of keypresses. My goal is to have a script that