> On Nov 30, 2017, at 4:28 PM, Christopher Stone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > I'm trying to write some efficient AppleScript code to select the WORD the > cursor is IN or next to (right or left). > > Examples would be having the cursor anywhere between the “>” & “<” symbols in > the text below: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Now< is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country > >> Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious< is obviously from “Mary Poppins” if >> you're of a certain age... > > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod > >tempor< > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > I've got some spaghetti code I don't like at the moment and thought I'd ask > before continuing to reinvent the wheel.
Take a look at this article <https://daringfireball.net/2003/09/select_word_script_for_bbedit> from Daring Fireball in 2003. More than you wanted to know. Regards, Neil Faiman -- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
