On 8 Oct 2009, at 03:09, jdx2172 wrote:
> My feature request is to run a line of terminal command when the user
> presses a keyboard shortcut. The application of that is like this...
Basically you can script the BBEdit application using AppleScript, and/
or process any text (the selection or the whole document) using either
AppleScript or a Unix filter.
For example, suppose you want to write a script that, when invoked
(either from the script menu or with a key combination), finds a
directory path in square brackets on the current line and inserts a
listing of that directory, you'd probably write this:
tell application "BBEdit"
tell front text window
set n to startDisplayLine of selection
set result to find "\\[(.*)\\]" searching in line n options
{search
mode:grep} with selecting match
if (found of result) then
set directory to grep substitution of "\\1"
set listing to do shell script "ls " & "\"" &
directory & "\""
set selection to listing
end if
end tell
end tell
My AppleScript is rusty these days, but you get the idea. Because you
want to talk to BBEdit, use AppleScript.
However, I personally prefer to just select some text manually (eg
Command B to balance brackets) and run a Unix filter on that. Only the
selection is passed to your Unix filter, so I'd probably tie a
keystroke to that filter. This way you can do most of your string
processing in your filter, and that could be easier than doing it in
AppleScript.
:)
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