On Jun 22, 2011, at 10:52, Warren Michelsen wrote:
> Now then, I seem to be having a problem using AS to select the first line of
> a document's selection. I've tried all kinds of things up to:
>
> set my_line to paragraph 1 of the selection of text document 1 of text
> window 1
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Hey Warren,
It appears that you want to 'get' rather than 'select' the first line of the
selection.
> How does one set a variable to the first line of the selected text of the
> front-most BBEdit document window?
It's easy once you figure out which object to reference which is not always
straightforward in Applescript. :)
tell application "BBEdit"
try
tell text of front text window
set my_line to line 1 of selection
end tell
on error errMsg number errNum
set sep to "=============================="
set e to sep & return & "Error: " & errMsg & return & sep & return ¬
& "Error Number: " & errNum & return & sep
beep
display dialog e
end try
end tell
The new best practice with BBEdit is to reference the 'text of the front text
window'.
Note that the code above will only provide a reference to the line object and
not the contents thereof.
tell application "BBEdit"
tell text of front text window
set my_line to contents of line 1 of selection
end tell
end tell
Or as a one-liner:
tell application "BBEdit" to set my_line to contents of line 1 of selection of
text of front text window
Scope out:
tell application "BBEdit"
tell text of front text window
properties of selection
end tell
end tell
If you *had* wanted to *select* the line:
tell application "BBEdit"
tell text of front text window
select first line of selection
end tell
end tell
HTH.
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Best Regards,
Chris
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