Module: Castanaut::Plugin::Mousepose

Defined in:
lib/plugins/mousepose.rb

Overview

This module provides actions for controlling Mousepose, a commercial application from Boinx Software. Basically it lets you put a halo around the mouse whenever a key mouse action occurs.

It doesn’t do any configuration of Mousepose on the fly. Configure Mousepose settings before running your screenplay.

Tested against Mousepose 3. More info: www.boinx.com/mousepose

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#dim ⇒ Object

Dismiss the halo around the mouse that was invoked by a previous highlight method.



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# File 'lib/plugins/mousepose.rb', line 30

def dim
  execute_applescript(%Q`
    tell application "Mousepose"
      stop effect
    end
  `)
end

#highlight ⇒ Object

Put a halo around the mouse. If a block is given to this method, the halo will be turned off when the block completes. Otherwise, you’ll have to use dim to dismiss the halo.



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# File 'lib/plugins/mousepose.rb', line 16

def highlight
  execute_applescript(%Q`
    tell application "Mousepose"
      start effect
    end
  `)
  if block_given?
    yield
    dim
  end
end