On Oct 23, 2010, at 20:29, dcn wrote:
> It would save me a great deal of time if I could build the search/ replace
> sequence to some sort of macro as in Excel. Since macros don't seem to be
> formally supported in BBEdit (AFAIK), I wondered if a script process would do
> the job.
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Hey dn,
That type of operation is quite simple to script. Run this from the
Applescript Editor, and you'll see.
# =====
property aSentence : "Now is the time for all good " & ¬
"men to come to the aid of their country."
tell application "BBEdit"
activate
try
set newDoc to make new text window
repeat 30 times
set end of newDoc's text to aSentence & linefeed
end repeat
tell front text window
set resultNumber1 to replace ¬
"good.+?of" using "citizens to stand up for" options ¬
{search mode:grep, starting at top:true, case sensitive:false}
set resultNumber2 to replace ¬
"(.$)" using " if they care\\1" options ¬
{search mode:grep, starting at top:true, case sensitive:false}
set resultNumber3 to replace ¬
"(.$)" using "!!!!" options ¬
{search mode:grep, starting at top:true, case sensitive:false}
end tell
on error errMsg number errNum
beep
display dialog "Error: " & errMsg & return & "Error Number: " & errNum
end try
end tell
# =====
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Best Regards,
Chris
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