[MACTCL] Making a Tk app scriptable via AppleScript

[Kevin W. <kw...@co...>]

I'm investigating options for making a Tk/Mac application scriptable via 
AppleScript and/or Apple Events.

Looking around, I see the TclAE extension, and I also see the 
tkMacOSXHLEvents.c in the Tk-Aqua core.

Both appear to support a command called "do script" which, if I'm 
reading the code and /or docs correctly, allows a user to send a 
Wish-based application an AppleScript command called "do script" 
followed by Tcl commands or script.

There are also various Apple event handlers defined in 
tkMacOSXHLEvents.c, such as ::tk::mac::OpenDocument and 
::tk::mac::PrintDocument. If these procedures are defined, does this 
mean that a Tk application would respond to standard AppleScript 
commands as "launch," "open document," "print document," etc?

Is there anything else that one needs to do, i.e. set the "scriptable" 
setting in Info.plist, to allow it to respond to external AppleScript 
commands?

Also, is there a way to expand more of an app's functionality to 
AppleScript (perhaps by mapping an AppleScript dictionary of commands 
onto Tk commands)?

Thanks for any advice,
Kevin

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