On 2013-02-14 at 3:41 PM, [email protected] (LuKreme) wrote:
Is there a way to execute the lines in the worksheet other than
select-all, enter?
Not sure if this is quite what you mean, but in my frequent use
of BBEdit worksheets, I've evolved this practice:
Put the call to your executable or script, with any parameters,
and also any notes or reminders (commented out), at the top of
the worksheet, on multiple lines if necessary, followed by a
line with only "#-#-#" on it (without the quotes).
Then run an applescript (see below) that combines two steps:
- the first step selects everything from the line AFTER the line
with "#-#-#", to the end of the worksheet, and deletes the selection;
- the second step selects everything from the start of the
worksheet up to and including the line with "#-#-#".
At that point press Enter (Command-Return on some keyboards),
and the executable runs with the provided parameters. If you
need to tweak the executable's params before re-running, do so
and then call the same applescript again and it will re-select
the lines down to the #-#-#, so you may press Enter. BBEdit
prints the executable's output starting just below the #-#-# line.
My work involves taking batches of data through a sequence of
processing steps. I have to examine the (verbose) output of each
step before proceeding to the next, and I have to be able to
back up steps and replicate or modify the processing. So each
process gets its own worksheet, and I use this applescript as I
run the process, check the output, and then clear the sheet and
re-run if necessary. Once I'm satisfied, I save that process's
worksheet with the last output on it, and move to the next
process. I found simply using Undo unworkable to get back to the
starting position if I had been poking around in the process
test results before deciding to re-run the script. This
applescript to clear and re-set for execution lets me keep my
mind on the data, rather than on the mechanics of processing the
data. Saving the worksheet when I'm done automatically documents
the last params and the output of their associated test results.
The applescript goes in the Application Support/BBEdit/Scripts
folder, and I assign it a keyboard command, of course. You can
use whatever you want for the "#-#-#" token.
Here is the applescript, which I believe is up-to-date with
BBEdit's Applescript dictionary (it definitely works for me with
latest BBEdit on Mountain Lion):
##
tell application "BBEdit"
activate
set mywindow to shell window 1
set myToken to "#-#-#"
-- part 1: clear any previous output
set lineX to 1000000
set lastLine to the number of lines of text of mywindow
repeat with i from 1 to lastLine
set linetext to contents of line i of text of mywindow
if linetext contains myToken then
set lineX to i + 1
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
if lineX < lastLine then
select text from line lineX of text of mywindow to line
lastLine of text of mywindow
set the selection to ""
end if
-- part 2: select the executable lines
select text from line 1 of text of mywindow to line lineX
of text of mywindow
end tell
Watch out for email line-wrapping, and my apologies if that was
mangled with asterisks the way some people's scripts posted here
have been -- someone said that's a G-groups thing??
Here's what the top lines of one of my process worksheets look
like (using OS X's standard bash shell):
## get_locations.worksheet
Project='Nov2012'
base_dir='/Users/eagle/Documents/Data/SC_CO'
source_file='v-reg-2012-11-01.txt'
precinct_zones_file='precinct_zones.txt'
# pct_targets='smith jones sc_schools'
pct_targets='smith jones sc_schools wats_schools water_vote'
select='all'
# select='szSitusCity=Santa Cruz'
max='200000'
# Assumes: precinct_districts.txt, precinct_targets.txt
perl /Users/eagle/Documents/lib/get_voter_locations "$base_dir"
$source_file \
$Project $select "$pct_targets" "$precinct_zones_file" $max
#-#-#
[Here's where output will go ...]
## end of worksheet
Might be something useful in that for you.
HTH
Best Regards,
- Bruce
_bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
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