What you wanted was a bit different than what Smart Newlines was for, but
it was easy enough to create a modified version. I only did a small amount
of testing, but seemed OK.
(*
Author: Kendall Conrad of Angelwatt.com
Name: Smart Prefixed Newline
Created: 2016-01-22
Updated: 2016-01-22
Description: Starts new line with the same line prefix as the current
line and keeps the text
from the current cursor position to the end of the line
*)
tell application "BBEdit" to tell front window
activate
set lineNum to startLine of selection
set leng to length of line lineNum
-- Find leading whitespace
set theResult to find "(^[\\s]*)" options {search mode:grep} searching
in line (lineNum)
-- Set text to the white space found
set white to ""
if found of theResult then
set white to found text of theResult
end if
set wleng to length of white
-- Define a tab based on user settings
set aTab to tab
if expand tabs then
set spaceTab to ""
repeat tab width times
set spaceTab to spaceTab & space
end repeat
set aTab to spaceTab
end if
-- Check for list style lines
set theResult to find "^\\s*[\\*#>\\+\\-]+([\\w ]*)" options {search
mode:grep} searching in (line lineNum)
if found of theResult then
set preFind to find "[\\*#>\\+\\-]+" options {search mode:grep}
searching in (line lineNum)
set _char to found text of preFind
set selection to return & white & _char
select insertion point after selection
return
end if
-- Default: Insert a return plus the white space
set selection to return & white
select insertion point after selection
end tell
~aw
On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 8:58:34 AM UTC-5, Vlad Ghitulescu wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
>
> While testing MailMate as an alternative to Apple's Mail.app I edit my
> mails now in BBEdit.
> That brings all the joy BBEdit makes :-)… and a question.
>
> Replying to an email generates first text like this:
>
> ---
> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam
> > nonumy eirmod
> > tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam
> ---
>
> When I put the cursor let's say in the first line, between *(…) amet,*
> and * consetetur (…)* and press ENTER, the cited text looks like this:
>
> ---
> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
> consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy
> > eirmod
> > tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam
> ---
>
> instead of what I would like:
>
> ---
> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
> > consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy
> > eirmod
> > tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam
> ---
>
> that is, the citation mark *> * is not continued.
>
> I'm using already the Smart Newline - script
> (http://www.angelwatt.com/words/2011/04/11/bbedit-smart-newline-open-line/),
>
> but it doesn't do it's magic here.
>
> Do you have an idea, how could I convince the citation mark to *jump* on
> the next line when inserting something in the middle of a line?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Regards,
> Vlad
>
>
>
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