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by killercup 4202 days ago
Why are Flashlight plugins written in Python? (I'm asking out of curiosity; I like it.)

JS and Ruby are bundled with OS X as well and Apple started offering some JavaScript APIs in 10.10 for stuff that could previously only be done with AppleScript.
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nateparrott 4202 days ago
No particular reason. The API currently involves importing `plugin.py` files and calling functions in them, which makes it a bit simpler, but it should be possible to bridge with other languages. I've considered using Javascript for Automation, but there isn't a huge amount of documentation around it, so it hasn't been that valuable.
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