sys.UnixShellCommand("osascript -e '(path to pictures folder) as string'")
More better (since you get a newline at the end of the above)
string.trimWhiteSpace(sys.unixShellCommand("osascript -e '(path to pictures folder) as string'"))
The list of possible “magic” folders in AppleScript
Get multiple folder paths in one swell foop
osascript -e '{(path to pictures folder) as string, (path to applications folder) as string}'
returns a comma-separated list.
The path to command now has the following new folder constants:
From the Applescript folks…
An additional tip about “path to”: you don’t need to wait for us to add an
explicit enumeration, since it can also take any four-character string that’s a
FindFolder selector. Get your hands on a copy of Folders.h (part of the Master
Interfaces) and go nuts.
Look here
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/Developer/Headers/CFMCarbon/CarbonCore/Folders.h
When FlickrFan starts it makes sure that your default browser is running.
Determining what your default browser is (on the Mac) isn’t all that easy.
The “open” command knows what it is.
in photoFanThread.script
if system.environment.ismac {
«webbrowser.launchMacBrowser () // [001]
// [001] use the system utility
sys.unixShellCommand("open " + homeurl) // [001]
};
photoFanSuite.init ();
system.temp.photoFan.flStarted = true;
// [001] we have already "opened" the URL on a Mac
// [001] don't do it again
if not system.environment.ismac {
webbrowser.openurl (homeurl)
};
webbrowser.bringtofront ();
photoFanSuite.background.everyHour () //do a scan on startup