Thanks. I will look into this. Near the edge of my comfort zone/capabilities :)
On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 9:39:20 AM UTC-8, Christopher Stone wrote: > > On Nov 10, 2015, at 04:23, Robert Livingston <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Thanks for chiming in. The problem is that I have to monitor the > replacements. Sometimes they are appropriate. Sometimes not. > > What I am doing is editing an OCR'ed document. There are certain patterns > that are commonly errors but sometime legitimate. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Hey Robert, > > Scope out my Keyboard Maestro macro: Toggle Between Window 1 and Window 2 > in any Application > <https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/toggle-between-window-1-and-window-2-in-any-application/1960> > > Find can also be scripted: > > *tell* *application* "BBEdit" > *tell* *text* *of* *front* *text window* > *find* ".*have.*" options {search mode:*grep*, case sensitive:*false*, > starting at top:*true*} *with* selecting match > *end* *tell* > *end* *tell* > > Although this does NOT populate the Find Window. > > Populating the Find Window is possible with AppleScript if a bit overly > complicated, although this is waaay faster and more reliable than driving > the UI with Keyboard Maestro. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > *set* findString *to* "partial workaround" > *set* replaceString *to* "partial work-around" > > *tell* *application* "BBEdit" > *select* *insertion point* *before* *text* *of* *front* *text window* > > > *if* visible *of* find window = *false* *then* > *open* find window > *else* *if* index *of* find window > 1 *then* > *set* index *of* find window *to* 1 > *end* *if* > > > *tell* find window > *set* *text* 1 *to* findString > *set* *text* 2 *to* replaceString > *end* *tell* > > > *set* index *of* *window* 2 *to* 1 > > > *end* *tell* > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Find Window has to be OPEN and FRONTMOST for the changes to stick. > > The script manages that way faster than you can by hand. > > If you're integrating with Keyboard Maestro then you may need to get/set > KM variables: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Keyboard Maestro — Get value of variable "<variable name>" > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *tell* *application* "Keyboard Maestro Engine" > *set* kmVariableName *to* "X" > *if* length *of* (*get* *variables* *whose* name *is* kmVariableName) = > 1 *then* > *set* myValue *to* value *of* *variable* kmVariableName > *else* > *error* "Variable '" & kmVariableName & "' does not exist!" > *end* *if* > *end* *tell* > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Keyboard Maestro — Set value of variable "<variable name>" > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *tell* *application* "Keyboard Maestro Engine" > *set* kmVariableName *to* "myVariableName" > *try* > *set* value *of* *variable* kmVariableName *to* myText > *on* *error* > *make* new *variable* with properties {name:kmVariableName, value: > myText} > *end* *try* > *end* *tell* > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Find Window options (checkboxes) can be managed via AppleScript and > System Events: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > *property* findOptionsOn : *true* > > *if* findOptionsOn *then* > > > --------------------------------------------- > # Turn ON all find-options. > --------------------------------------------- > *tell* *application* "BBEdit" > *if* *front* *window* *is* *not* find window *then* *open* find window > *tell* *application* "System Events" > *if* quit delay *is* *not* 0 *then* *set* quit delay *to* 0 > *tell* *application process* "BBEdit" > *set* frontmost *to* *true* > *tell* *UI element* 6 *of* *window* "Find" > *tell* *checkbox* "Case sensitive" > *if* *its* value = 0 *then* *click* > *end* *tell* > *tell* *checkbox* "Entire Word" > *if* *its* value = 0 *then* *click* > *end* *tell* > *tell* *checkbox* "Grep" > *if* *its* value = 0 *then* *click* > *end* *tell* > *tell* *checkbox* "Selected text only" > *if* *its* value = 0 *then* *click* > *end* *tell* > *tell* *checkbox* "Wrap around" > *if* *its* value = 0 *then* *click* > *end* *tell* > *end* *tell* > *end* *tell* > *end* *tell* > > > # close find window > > > *end* *tell* > ... -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
