hey version 1.2.6
+
hey version 1.2.8
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Installation
- unzip the archive by doubleclicking on
hey-YYYYMMDD.zip or by dropping it on Expander
- - open the right project file depending on the hardware platform and select 'Make' from the 'Project' menu to compile it
+
- open the right project file depending on the hardware platform and select 'Make' from the 'Project' menu to compile it
- you may want to move the executable (
hey) to /boot/home/config/bin
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@
Installation
Usage
hey should be used from Terminal. When you start it without parameters it will display the command line syntax it accepts:
-hey v1.2.6, written by Attila Mezei (amezei@mail.datanet.hu)
-usage: hey [-s] <app|signature> [let <specifier> do] <verb> <specifier_1> <of <specifier_n>>*
- [to <value>] [with name=<value> [and name=<value>]*]
+hey v1.2.8, written by Attila Mezei (attila.mezei@mail.datanet.hu)
+usage: hey [-s][-o] <app|signature|teamid> [let <specifier> do] <verb> <specifier_1> <of
+ <specifier_n>>* [to <value>] [with name=<value> [and name=<value>]*]
where <verb> : DO|GET|SET|COUNT|CREATE|DELETE|GETSUITES|QUIT|SAVE|LOAD|'what'
- <specifier> : [the] <property_name> [ <index> | name | "name" | '"name"']
- <index> : index | '['index']' | '['-reverse_index']' | '['fromvalue to tovalue']'
+ <specifier> : [the] <property_name> [ <index> | name | "name" | '"name"' ]
<index> : int | -int | '['int']' | '['-int']' | '['startint to end']'
- <value> : "string" | <integer> | <float> | bool(value) | int8(value) |
- int16(value) | int32(value) | float(value) | double(value) |
- BPoint(x,y) | BRect(l,t,r,b) | rgb_color(r,g,b,a) | file(path)
+ <value> : "string" | <integer> | <float> | bool(value) | int8(value)
+ | int16(value) | int32(value) | float(value) | double(value)
+ | BPoint(x,y) | BRect(l,t,r,b) | rgb_color(r,g,b,a) | file(path)
options: -s: silent
+ -o: output result to stdout for easy parsing
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The verb
SAVE: B_SAVE_REQUESTED
LOAD: B_REFS_RECEIVED
-You can use your own verbs if you specify the value names and constants in the 'value_info' structure. See BPropertyInfo and PropertyInfo.h for details.
+You can use your own verbs if you specify the value names and constants in the 'value_info' structure. See BPropertyInfo and PropertyInfo.h for details.
Note that the verb is not case sensitive but the specifier names (e.g. "Frame", "Label"...) are. You can use 'what' constants
directly, like
@@ -102,6 +102,29 @@
DEBUG mode
History
+v1.2.8
+
+-
+ (Sander Stoks): Added command-line option -o which will output the "result" value
+ in the reply message to stdout, so you can use it in shell scripting more easily:
+ "hey Becasso get AspectRatio of Canvas 0"
+ outputs
+ Reply BMessage(B_REPLY):
+ "result" (B_DOUBLE_TYPE) : 0.600
+ but "hey -o Becasso get AspectRatio of Canvas 0"
+ outputs 0.600000 directly.
+
+v1.2.7
+
+-
+ by Sander Stoks: Made a fork since I don't think Attila still supports "hey", and
+ because the latest version on BeBits seems to be 1.2.4.
+ Changes w.r.t. 1.2.6: When an application returns an error on a message, hey now
+ keeps iterating over applications with the same signature. This is useful because,
+ for instance, Terminal starts as a new process for each instance, so it previously
+ wouldn't work to move a specific Terminal window using hey. You can now say
+ "hey Terminal set Frame of Window foo to BRect[...]".
+
v1.2.6
- syntax extended by Sander Stoks to allow:
@@ -132,7 +155,7 @@
History
more like english, bare reverse-index-specifiers are now handled, and
named specifiers can contain only digits by quoting it (but make sure the
shell passes the quotes through).
-
+
- Hey(target,const char*,reply) was previously limited to 100 tokens.
It now uses a vector<> so it's only limited by available memory.
@@ -140,7 +163,7 @@
History
v1.2.3
-- new option: -s for silent processing (no reply or errors printed) AM
+
- new option: -s for silent processing (no reply or errors printed) AM
v1.2.2
@@ -150,7 +173,7 @@ History
v1.2.1
-- compiled for R4 with minor modifications of BPropertyInfo usage
+
- compiled for R4 with minor modifications of BPropertyInfo usage
v1.2.0
@@ -170,8 +193,8 @@ History
- The range specifier sent to the target was 1 greater than it should've been. Fixed.
-
- 'hey' made the assumption that the first thread in a team will be the
- application thread (and therefore have the application's name).
+
- 'hey' made the assumption that the first thread in a team will be the
+ application thread (and therefore have the application's name).
This was not always the case. Fix from Scott Lindsey (wombat@gobe.com).
v1.1.0
@@ -247,7 +270,7 @@ Set a view property:
hey Network set Frame of View 0 of Window "Network" to 'BRect(0,0,100,400)'
hey Network set Hidden of View 0 of View 0 of Window "Network" to true
hey Network set Label of View 5 of View 0 of Window "Network" to "Restart Something"
- hey Network set Value of View 0 of View 2 of View 0 of Window "Network" to 1
+ hey Network set Value of View 0 of View 2 of View 0 of Window "Network" to 1
hey Network set Text of View 2 of View 2 of View 0 of Window "Network" to "joe"
Close a window in an application