CoolTerm Macros using AppleScript
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:43 pm
While AppleScript doesn't support fancy GUIs, it does support simple dialogs. The following script can be used to create transmit macros for CoolTerm:
The script creates a dialog with a list of strings and allows the user to select a string from the list and then send it to CoolTerm by pressing the OK button. As long as OK is pressed, the script stays in the "repeat" loop which will keep displaying the dialog. This is a bit of a hack which is necessary because pressing any of the buttons closes the dialog. However, this does the job. Pressing "Cancel" exits the loop and terminates the script.
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tell application "CoolTerm"
# Get a handle on the open window.
set w to WindowID (0)
if w < 0 then
# there are no open windows
display alert "There are no active terminals"
return
end if
repeat
# display a dialog with buttons
choose from list {"Marco Text 1", "Macro Text 2", "Macro Text 3"} with prompt "Please select Macro and click OK to send."
if the result is not false then
# send macro to CoolTerm
set macro to result as text
Write {w, macro}
else
# user clicked "cancel"
return
end if
end repeat
end tell