I've now realised that I am getting a different result if I run the
Script from within BBEdit or run it from Applescript Editor. If I run
within AE, it behaves as I expect (creates a new file and saves it in
the right place). However, if I trigger it in BBEdit via a keystroke,
when it detects no file exists already, it only does the first two of
the three steps. The pertinent bit is this (but I've left the whole
script below). System Events gets involved because of the need for it or
Finder to verify whether the file exists or not, this all lives within a
BBEdit tell block.
tell application "System Events"
try
myFilePath as alias
on error
tell application "BBEdit"
make new text document with properties {contents:"Title: " &
myFileName}
set source language of text document 1 to
"Markdown"
save active document of window 1 to file myFilePath -- **when run
from within BBEdit, this doesn't happen**
end tell
end try
end tell
Thanks for the input Charlie, btw.
On 22 May 2014, at 23:14, Jason Davies wrote:
Dear BBEdit community
I have been working on a script for hours and I'm sure it's a simple
error...but I can't crack it so am throwing myself on your mercy
I use Trunk Notes on iOS. This means there are a bunch of files with
CamelCase names in a flat hierarchy in my Dropbox. I want to script
BBEdit to create new files from the selection (otherwise it's fiddly,
it needs at least a Title: line - Trunk Notes fills in the rest when I
edit it there, so that can be left).
So the logic is this (complicated by use on two different computers
which give different filepaths)
1) Check which computer I'm on to get the filepath right
2) BBEdit collects the current selection eg TestFile and checks for
empty selection
3) The file path is calculated
4) (*this is the bit I can't get to work*) The script checks whether a
file already exists -- I don't want to overwrite anything that exists
by mistake.
5) If it doesn't, BBEdit creates the file.
What currently happens is that BBEdit goes ahead and creates the new
untitled file but doesn't save it. This makes no sense to me as all
three actions (create new document; set it to markdown; save it) are
all in the same error block.
Grateful for any help on this (thought I had it working then realised
I was overwriting files that existed argh).
Cheers
-- sort out which machine it's running from
tell application "Finder" to set sDisk to (name of startup disk)
-- BBEdit gets the selected text and makes it into a file name and then
a path
tell application "BBEdit"
set myFileName to selection as string
if myFileName is "" then
display dialog "no selection"
end if
if sDisk is "SSD" then
set myFilePath to "SSD:Users:ophiochos:Dropbox:trunksync:notes:" &
myFileName & ".markdown"
else
set myFilePath to ":Users:ophiochos:Dropbox:trunksync:notes:" &
myFileName & ".markdown"
end if
tell application "System Events"
try
myFilePath as alias
on error
tell application "BBEdit"
make new text document with properties {contents:"Title: " &
myFileName}
set source language of text document 1 to
"Markdown"
save active document of window 1 to file
myFilePath
end tell
end try
end tell
end tell
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