On 01/01/2019, at 13:47, Dj <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> From what I see with your results, I think this is getting me to the place of
> "good enough" for this problem.
Hey Dj,
Very good.
> So the embarrasing part, I've tried to take your text and make a shell script
> to place in the script folder. I followed directions from a tutorial that had
> me run a command from terminal to make the text into a script:
I believe I gave you instructions on how to use a BBEdit Text Filter.
You do not need to make the script executable.
> I then tried it in the apple script editor, plugged your text below into
> there and then saved it as a .scpt.
This can never work, because the Applescript Editor is for AppleScript.
The Perl script is a shell script.
> I'm sure the daunting initial hurdles will start to make more sense.
Yes. Everyone who starts this journey feels lost at sea for a while.
> This whole text was the correct format to make a script from without Perl
> right?
Right.
#!/usr/bin/env perl -0777 -sw
use v5.12;
use utf8;
my $text = <>;
my @array = $text =~ /(\b\w[^.!]+?\?)/gms;
$, = "\n";
say @array;
Paste the above into a BBEdit text document.
Save it in this directory:
~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Text Filters/
(If the directory doesn't exist then create it.)
Give the script a descriptive name like:
MyPerlScript.pl
Run it on the front document (or selection in the front document) from the:
Text > Apply Text Filter > YourScriptName
Menu.
AppleScript is very useful, but it's a whole different animal.
Paste this into the Applescript Editor:
tell application "BBEdit"
activate
make new text document with properties {text:"My First AppleScript!"}
end tell
And click the run button or type Cmd-R.
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Best Regards,
Chris
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