Yes, that's the sort of direction I was trying to go with the 'as alias' thing... My thoughts, a) create a string from the contents of the selection, b) run the replace on the string, c) return the string, which the clipping will replace the original selection with... I just don't know much about applescript ;-)
My original attempt works, but also produces the error/alert. v On Aug 20, 6:33 pm, Christopher Stone <listmeis...@thestoneforge.com> wrote: > On Aug 20, 2011, at 15:54, verdonv wrote:> Thanks for the feedback and the > example. I like the simpler pattern too :-) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Hey Verdon, > > You bet. > > > As to why I am activating it from a clipping, well because it is part of a > > bigger set of clippings. Clippings are the sensible method for most of the > > set. This one is the oddball, but I want to keep everything together in one > > toolbox, so to speak. > > If I understand the clipping/script mechanism correctly the script must > return a text value, which the clipping will emplace. > > The trouble is that your script acts on the selection, and then the clipping > wants to change the selection again to the output of the script. > > I was going to say that you could go ahead and get the selection after the > replace and return it, but there's some funky issue with whitespace getting > eaten. > > -- > Best Regards, > Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
