On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 09:09, Oliver Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > In most OS X apps option-delete deletes the previous word plus any > whitespace after it. BBEdit does not do this (for whatever reason). I want > to create a very simple Applescript that does this. Here's what I've got so > far: > > tell application "BBEdit" > > tell text of front text window to find "(\S+)?([ \t]+)?" options {search > mode:grep, backwards:true} with selecting match > > end tell > > This, obviously, finds what I want to delete, but does not delete it.
I added set selection to "" before the end tell. In the sentence: Here's my test sentence. If I put the cursor *after* the space after the word 'test' the script deletes both 'test' and the space after it, so the sentence now reads: Here's my sentence. Cheers, Miraz -- MacTip: How to give folders and files unique icons - http://mactips.info/2011/11/how-to-give-folders-and-files-unique-icons KnowIT: Who do you think you're talking to? - http://knowit.co.nz/2011/10/who-do-you-think-youre-talking-to -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
