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Hi Kwpolska,

thanks for your reply (as last time I posted here!).=20

On Monday, March 25, 2013 8:42:25 PM UTC+1, Kwpolska wrote:
> ...
>=20
> >         notepad_1 =3D start("Notepad")
> >         notepad_2 =3D start("Notepad")
> >         with notepad_1:
> >                 write("Hello World!")
> >                 press(CTRL + 'a', CTRL + 'c')
> >         with notepad_2:
> >                 press(CTRL + 'v')
>=20
> That=92s ugly, and don=92t forget that your users aren=92t Pythonistas mo=
st
> of the time.

I kind of like the context manager solution because the indentation makes i=
t very obvious what happens in which window. You are right about our target=
 group though. Also, the "with" is not as explicit as it probably should be=
.=20

> ...
> PS. do you plan a version for non-Windows OSes?  Also, =8099 is too expen=
sive.

We'd of course love to support other platforms but don't currently have the=
 resources to do this. We actually just wrote a blog entry about this and s=
ome related questions: http://www.getautoma.com/blog/automa-faq If we have =
something wrong, do let us know in the comments over there!

It's very hard work building such an automation tool and also we have to li=
ve off something. Unfortunately, we can't make the price any lower.

P.S.: First-time bottom-posting!