On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:27:45 -0400, Rich Siegel wrote:
On Monday, March 21, 2011, Charlie Garrison <[email protected]>
wrote:
FRONT_DOC=`osascript -e 'tell application "BBEdit" to get POSIX path
of ((file of front document) as string)'`
So, not built-in to BBEdit, but just a one-liner to add to existing
scripts.
When you run a script or filter from the #! menu, BBEdit sets up some
variables in the environment, one of which is BB_DOC_PATH, the path
to
the front document. (This was introduced in 9.3, so you can find more
details in the 9.3 change notes at
<http://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/arch_bbedit93.html>, as well
as in the user manual.)
If you're running a script outside of BBEdit, then the example above
is definitely useful and helpful.
What's more, the above will probably not return if called in a script
which is invoked from the #! menu. BBEdit does not process AppleEvents
while running #! scripts - this includes using appscript from python or
ruby.
if [ -z "$BB_DOC_PATH' ]
then
FRONT_DOC=$(osascript -e 'tell application "BBEdit" to get POSIX
path of ((file of front document) as string)')
else
FRONT_DOC=$BB_DOC_PATH
fi
(and yes, there are more fancy methods with {}?!- and other characters
thrown in for good measure. This is somewhat readable ;-)
Maarten
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