At 23:04 +0100 12/13/08, Maarten Sneep wrote: >On 13 dec 2008, at 22:56, Doug McNutt wrote: > >> 2) It is possible to send AppleEvents to BBEdit from a running shell >> script. The tool is osascript along with its cousin osacompile. >> Using osascript with a here document ( << redirection) you can ask >> BBEdit to "find" and "copy" or report selected stuff for access by >> the running shell script. > >Yes, from a shell script, that isn't run from BBEdit itself. BBedit >will not process AppleEvents it receives while it is busy with a shell >script (invoked as a unix filter or unix shell script. Be careful with >this method.
I use the method regularly but I execute the shell scripts, often perl, from a BBEdit worksheet. The unix filter and unix script menu options are different and it's likely that my BBEdit 8.1 or so differs from current versions. I suppose the underlying shell process associated with a worksheet is not "run from BBEdit itself". -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. <-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
