Folks, I've used the <##> placeholder in BBEdit for years. I'm wondering if I am getting everything I can out of it. For example,
Every few months, I have to fill in a YAML document with strings of text (HTML and or MD, sometimes mixed). I delete the YAML values of a prior document, and put placeholders in their place. Then I load up my clipboard manager with let's say 10 strings (textual content to be displayed on a web site) of materials from their source (usually a Google Doc), and I tab through the placeholders and paste in the strings. (the formatting changes every few months, so scripting this is not something I'm going to attempt) Sometimes, the items I have to edit, though, aren't these random content strings, but instead one of two options, e.g. "Monday" vs "Wednesday". I've been marking those with <#Monday|Wednesday#>. Is there a way through the keyboard to say to BBEdit "Please replace this placeholder with the first of the two options in the placeholder", e.g., "Make this instance of `<#Monday|Wednesday#>` become `Monday`. All the time I've used placeholders, I've always felt like there is more waiting for me to unlock with them… but couldn't glean anything from the manual on how to take them to the next level. This comes up a lot with CSS clippings too. E.g. `line-height: <#normal|15px|2em#>;` —ideally in this situation, I want to tap a trigger key to highlight the placeholder, then a second trigger to select one of the 3 options (`2em`) and have my cursor select the value (`2`) so I could overwrite it, and then a final trigger to close the operation which hops the cursor to the right of the semi-colon. Any thoughts on placeholders? Am I totally missing something? Have the absolute wrong expectations? Call me a dreamer? Thanks, ~brian -- 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].
