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Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:43:28 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1813 Patrick Woolsey to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-06-07 07:43:28 - Good morning folks, As a reminder, this list will be shut down tomorrow (08-June) and all future discussion will take place on the 'BBEdit Talk'(*) Google Group. <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit> If you haven't already signed up, please ... Thu, 29 May 2008 19:18:48 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1812 Lorin Rivers to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-29 19:18:48 - On May 29, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote: > On 30 mei 2008, at 00:08, Derek Belrose wrote: > >> So we need a google membership in order to continue reading the list? >> >> That doesn't appeal to me much, as I like the email version and I ... Thu, 29 May 2008 18:13:31 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1811 Maarten Sneep to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-29 18:13:31 - On 30 mei 2008, at 00:08, Derek Belrose wrote: > So we need a google membership in order to continue reading the list? > > That doesn't appeal to me much, as I like the email version and I > don't want Google handling my email. > > I tried signi... Thu, 29 May 2008 18:08:33 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1810 Derek Belrose to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-29 18:08:33 - On May 29, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Patrick Woolsey wrote: > Good afternoon folks, > > We're currently in the process of moving all our product discussion > lists > to Google Groups. > > Next weekend (June 7/8), we will shut this list down and all tra... Thu, 29 May 2008 18:07:35 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1809 Miraz Jordan to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-29 18:07:35 - Hi Patrick, can you confirm that Scripting and Talk are being combined into a single group? I found it a bit confusing that both lists directed me to the same single place... Cheers, Miraz On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Patrick Woolsey <... Thu, 29 May 2008 17:22:39 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1808 Patrick Woolsey to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-29 17:22:39 - Johan Solve <inbox js@solve.se> sez: >What was the address again? This seems to be the wrong message or the >wrong list... > >At 13.03 -0400 2008-05-29, Patrick Woolsey wrote: [...] >>Next weekend (June 7/8), we will shut this list down and all tr... Thu, 29 May 2008 15:32:26 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1807 Johan Solve to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-29 15:32:26 - What was the address again? This seems to be the wrong message or the wrong list... At 13.03 -0400 2008-05-29, Patrick Woolsey wrote: >Good afternoon folks, > >We're currently in the process of moving all our product discussion lists >to Google Gro... Thu, 29 May 2008 13:03:01 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1806 Patrick Woolsey to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-29 13:03:01 - Good afternoon folks, We're currently in the process of moving all our product discussion lists to Google Groups. Next weekend (June 7/8), we will shut this list down and all traffic will be on the 'BBEdit Talk' Google Group. We hope that you'll t... Tue, 27 May 2008 03:26:02 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1805 Marc Liyanage to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-27 03:26:02 - On 26.05.2008, at 23:13, Jim Correia wrote: > On May 26, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Marc Liyanage wrote: > >> Is it possible to combine multiple manipulations performed by my >> script into one undo group? > > Unfortunately, no. Each scripted action is r... Mon, 26 May 2008 18:29:39 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1804 Shane Stanley to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-26 18:29:39 - On 27/5/08 7:13 AM, "Jim Correia" <correia@barebones.com> wrote: >> Is it possible to combine multiple manipulations performed by my >> script into one undo group? > > Unfortunately, no. Each scripted action is recorded as a single > undoable acti... Mon, 26 May 2008 18:14:57 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1803 Andrew Payne to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-26 18:14:57 - > > >> Is it possible to combine multiple manipulations performed by my >> script into one undo group? > > Unfortunately, no. Each scripted action is recorded as a single > undoable action. > > Jim in some cases you could set your selecte... Mon, 26 May 2008 17:13:16 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1802 Jim Correia to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-26 17:13:16 - On May 26, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Marc Liyanage wrote: > Is it possible to combine multiple manipulations performed by my > script into one undo group? Unfortunately, no. Each scripted action is recorded as a single undoable action. Jim -- ... Mon, 26 May 2008 13:05:48 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1801 Marc Liyanage to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-26 13:05:48 - Is it possible to combine multiple manipulations performed by my script into one undo group? My script shuffles around text by deleting and inserting it, and currently undoing the effect of the script requires invoking Undo twice. I would like... Tue, 20 May 2008 14:18:31 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1800 Marc Liyanage to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-20 14:18:31 - On 20.05.2008, at 16:23, Michael Reilly wrote: > Is there any way to script a fix for this? With so many options, I'm > surprised this isn't possible already. I believe this script would do what you want: tell application "BBEdit" to set curre... Tue, 20 May 2008 11:55:57 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1799 Jason Davies to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-20 11:55:57 - Michael Reilly wrote on 20/5/08 at 15:23 >I haven't formed that as a habit yet. Is there any way to script a fix >for this? Have you tried recording an AppleScript? I think you might find that it works. You can also specify different folders to se... Tue, 20 May 2008 10:23:59 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1798 Michael Reilly to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-20 10:23:59 - When I was forced to use a PC, I got used to the ability to highlight some text, press ctrl-F and have it open the find dialog with that as the search string. I know BBEdit has a command to insert the selected text into the Find field, but not to... Tue, 20 May 2008 05:12:41 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1797 Jason Davies to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-20 05:12:41 - Marconi wrote on 18/5/08 at 15:24 >> >>Why doesn't it help? > >All Automator was able to do is open a new, unsaved document in BBEdit. >I'm trying instead to create a new document in the front/clicked Finder >window and then open it in BBEdit. ... Sun, 18 May 2008 10:24:29 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1796 Marconi to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-18 10:24:29 - At 1:00 PM -0400 5/10/08, Marc Liyanage sent email regarding Re: Contextual Menu 'Notes' Script: >On 10.05.2008, at 01:44, Marconi wrote: > >>>>Can an AppleScript be included in a .bundle to create a contextual menu >>>>item? Any and all help apprec... Mon, 12 May 2008 04:54:12 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1795 Carlton Gibson to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-12 04:54:12 - Hi all, Just a quickie... With AppleScript, I'd like to access the list of functions in the function pop up in the navigation bar. Is this list accessible and if so how? -- I can't track it down in the dictionary at all --- although this do... Sun, 11 May 2008 10:47:54 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1794 Patrick Woolsey to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-11 10:47:54 - Whups, guess I'm a bit slow off the line... :-) Thanks to Jason, Marc, and Bill for prior recommendations! Regards, Patrick Woolsey Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com> P.O. Box 1048, Bedford, MA 0173... Sun, 11 May 2008 10:33:14 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1793 Patrick Woolsey to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-11 10:33:14 - Marconi <Marconi@mac.com> sez: [...] >Aside from the fact that I cannot get my script syntax right, when >placed in the contextual menu items folder, it does not show up upon >a right click. > >Can an AppleScript be included in a .bundle to creat... Sat, 10 May 2008 14:47:20 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1792 Bee to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-10 14:47:20 - > From: Marconi <Marconi@mac.com> > Date: May 9, 2008 3:59:42 PM PDT > Subject: Contextual Menu 'Notes' Script > > One thing I often do is add a file of notes to a folder's contents > with some info or explanation about the folder's contents. The ... Sat, 10 May 2008 13:00:14 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1791 Marc Liyanage to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-10 13:00:14 - On 10.05.2008, at 01:44, Marconi wrote: >>> Can an AppleScript be included in a .bundle to create a contextual >>> menu >>> item? Any and all help appreciated. >> >> on my Leopard instalation, right-click gives me 'more' at the >> bottom, whic... Fri, 09 May 2008 19:44:08 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1790 Marconi to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-09 19:44:08 - At 12:12 AM +0100 5/10/08, Jason Davies sent email regarding Re: Contextual Menu 'Notes' Script: >Marconi wrote on 9/5/08 at 23:59 > >> >>Can an AppleScript be included in a .bundle to create a contextual menu >>item? Any and all help appreciated. ... Fri, 09 May 2008 19:12:43 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1789 Jason Davies to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-09 19:12:43 - Marconi wrote on 9/5/08 at 23:59 > >Can an AppleScript be included in a .bundle to create a contextual menu >item? Any and all help appreciated. on my Leopard instalation, right-click gives me 'more' at the bottom, which leads to Automator, amon... Fri, 09 May 2008 18:59:42 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1788 Marconi to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-05-09 18:59:42 - One thing I often do is add a file of notes to a folder's contents with some info or explanation about the folder's contents. The notes are always plain text done in BBEdit. So I'd like to streamline the process a bit. What I'd like to do is righ... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:54:46 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1787 Marc Liyanage to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-04-15 11:54:46 - I posted some of my AppleScripts to add missing editing operations to BBEdit: - Kill Line - Duplicate Line - Move Line Up/Down http://www.entropy.ch/blog/Developer/2008/04/13/AppleScripts-for-Some-Missing-BBEdit-Text-Operations.html I hope I... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:45:45 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1786 Dennis Cox to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-04-04 07:45:45 - On 4/1/08 11:22 AM, "Doug McNutt" <douglist@macnauchtan.com> wrote: > At 07:04 -0700 4/1/08, Ian Crew wrote: >> The term you're looking for isn't "cursor" it's "insertion point," which may >> help your searches. >> >> On Apr 1, 2008, at 6:47 AM, ... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:45:38 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1785 Christian Vogt to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-04-04 07:45:38 - > From a very quick search (I've gotta get to work!), it looks like > the script at: > http://applescript.extracts.de/scripts/bbedit/Select Paragraph.html > > Might give you some guidance/a place to start. > > The term you're looking for isn't "c... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:19:13 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1784 Shane Stanley to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-04-01 18:19:13 - On 2/4/08 12:47 AM, "Christian Vogt" <christian.vogt@nomadiclab.com> wrote: > how can I select the current line or paragraph select line (get startLine of selection) of document 1 -- Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au> -- ... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:22:37 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1783 Doug McNutt to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-04-01 12:22:37 - At 07:04 -0700 4/1/08, Ian Crew wrote: >The term you're looking for isn't "cursor" it's "insertion point," which may help your searches. > >On Apr 1, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Christian Vogt wrote: >>But I would like to dynamically select the line in which t... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:04:12 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1782 Ian Crew to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-04-01 10:04:12 - From a very quick search (I've gotta get to work!), it looks like the script at: http://applescript.extracts.de/scripts/bbedit/Select Paragraph.html Might give you some guidance/a place to start. The term you're looking for isn't "cursor" it's ... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:47:38 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1781 Christian Vogt to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-04-01 09:47:38 - Hi there, in TextWrangler or BBEdit, how can I select the current line or paragraph in AppleScript? So far, I was only able to select a line by giving the absolute line number. But I would like to dynamically select the line in which the curs... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:54:33 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1780 Ken G. Brown to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-03-18 13:54:33 - At 12:30 PM -0400 3/18/08, BBEdit-Scripting List apparently wrote: >Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:24:22 -0400 >From: Ronald J Kimball <rjk-barebones@tamias.net> >Subject: Re: regex for converting decimal to ascii? >Message-ID: <20080317182422.GB60332@penk... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:41:20 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1779 Doug McNutt to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-03-17 15:41:20 - At 14:24 -0400 3/17/08, Ronald J Kimball wrote: >On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:17:45PM -0600, Ken G. Brown wrote: >> Tried it and it seemed to work. Even left existing ascii comments i had >> added alone, letting them come through unchanged. >> Took me a... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:24:22 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1778 Ronald J Kimball to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-03-17 14:24:22 - On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:17:45PM -0600, Ken G. Brown wrote: > Thx! > Tried it and it seemed to work. Even left existing ascii comments i had > added alone, letting them come through unchanged. > Took me a minute to figure out that all the changes we... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:17:45 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1777 Ken G. Brown to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-03-17 14:17:45 - Thx! Tried it and it seemed to work. Even left existing ascii comments i had added alone, letting them come through unchanged. Took me a minute to figure out that all the changes were at the end of the file. Wonder what the equivalent of Perl chr($1)... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:48:26 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1776 Ronald J Kimball to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-03-17 10:48:26 - On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 07:36:24AM -0400, Ken G. Brown wrote: > I'm trying to figure out a way of converting a list of decimal representations of ascii characters, to their ascii character so I do not need to do it manually. > > (\d+) finds the decima... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:36:24 -0700 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1775 Ken G. Brown to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-03-17 07:36:24 - I'm trying to figure out a way of converting a list of decimal representations of ascii characters, to their ascii character so I do not need to do it manually. (\d+) finds the decimal numbers and \1 in the replace field will put them back in, but how ... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:04:17 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1774 Richard Fairbanks to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-21 15:04:17 - >WAYRTTD? Interaction through dialog boxes, modal or otherwise, is >typically counter to most of the goals that automation is typically >trying to achieve. But if you can describe what you're really trying >to do, perhaps an appropriate solution will b... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:55:00 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1773 Morley Chalmers to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-21 09:55:00 - I've solved the problem but realize now my description of my objective wasn't sufficiently clear. Here's the problem and how it was solved. I'm using an AppleScript to search and replace elements of an HTML file in BBEdit, effectively to standardize ... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:58:13 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1772 Charlie Garrison to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-21 00:58:13 - Good afternoon, On 20/2/08 at 2:23 PM -0700, Doug McNutt <douglist@macnauchtan.com> wrote: >Bare Bones' says you have menu items for setting the fields before you open the dialog. Use them. > >That doesn't work for me because the source items ar... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:49:43 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1771 Rich Siegel to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-20 18:49:43 - On 2/20/08 at 1:54 PM, lists@F-P-I.com (Richard Fairbanks) wrote: >I have been having challenges scripting BBEdit to activate or quit if >any dialog box ( Info., Find & Replace , etc.) is open. WAYRTTD? Interaction through dialog boxes, modal or o... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:21:13 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1770 John Delacour to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-20 18:21:13 - At 07:43 -0500 18/2/08, Morley Chalmers wrote: >...Since posting my issue someone suggested adding just \r to the >script. However, all that does is cause a line return to the script >itself when the script is compiled. When the script is run on th... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:23:45 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1769 Doug McNutt to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-20 16:23:45 - At 13:54 -0700 2/20/08, Richard Fairbanks wrote: >I have been having challenges scripting BBEdit to activate or quit if any dialog box ("Info., "Find & Replace", etc.) is open. A simple example is to launch BBedit, open "Find & Replace", and then run the... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:54:15 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1768 Richard Fairbanks to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-20 15:54:15 - Greetings, folks! I have been having challenges scripting BBEdit to activate or quit if any dialog box ( Info., Find & Replace , etc.) is open. A simple example is to launch BBedit, open Find & Replace , and then run the following script in a s... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:20:25 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1767 Darryl Chrisp to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-18 15:20:25 - On 19/02/2008, at 02:41, Morley Chalmers wrote: > I was likewise confused coming onto this list. Made a comment and > got back a > message that seemed to defend the status quo of silence. They > really should > be quite explicit for newcomers, ... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:41:34 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1766 Morley Chalmers to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-18 10:41:34 - on 2/18/08 7:43 AM, Dennis at argenteus@mac.com wrote: > On Feb 15, 2008, at 4:48 AM, Morley Chalmers wrote: > >> I'm using an AppleScript to search and replace in an HTML BBEdit >> file. Is >> there syntax available for including line returns in ... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:43:22 -0800 http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditScripting/Message/index.lasso?1765 Morley Chalmers to BBEdit Scripting on 2008-02-18 07:43:22 - on 2/15/08 12:01 PM, Ronald J Kimball at rjk-barebones@tamias.net wrote: >> Yes, the HTML code works just fine without a return, but returns in the >> correct place definitely makes HTML code easier to read. I've tried adding >> \\r in between but Ap...