'select: Sets the present selection
Required argument: object to select or container of sub-objects to select
Keyword argument data: sub-object(s) to select
Keyword argument _attributes: AppleEvent attribute dictionary'

def select(self, _object, _attributes={}, **_arguments):

    _code = 'misc'
    _subcode = 'slct'
    aetools.keysubst(_arguments, self._argmap_select)
    _arguments['----'] = _object
    (_reply, _arguments, _attributes) = self.send(_code, _subcode, _arguments, _attributes)
    if _arguments.get('errn', 0):
        raise aetools.Error, aetools.decodeerror(_arguments)
    if _arguments.has_key('----'):
        return _arguments['----']
