> suggest a book on getting better at expressions and BBedit? I think you're asking specifically about regex, but if you're looking for a book about how to get the most out of BBedit overall, I recommend Glenn Fleishman's "Take Control of BBedit." It's several revs behind (it assumes BBedit v. 10) but it is still useful. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/bbedit
-- David W. On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 9:05:25 AM UTC-5, Dj wrote: > > Oh man, I was really overthinking it trying to turn it into an executable. > Got it working and this is very cool. Appreciate you spelling it out so > well and getting me on track! Couple more quick things: would it be hard to > do one that only extracts text that is within quotation marks? I tried one > off a github cheatsheet and in the past hours couldn't modify it easy, but > am making progress. Also, if you or anyone on here can suggest a book on > getting better at expressions and BBedit? Maybe just piecing it together > off stackoverflow and google etc is best though? Thanks again > > On Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 8:31:53 AM UTC-8, Christopher Stone wrote: >> >> On 01/01/2019, at 13:47, Dj <[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. >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Chris >> >> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://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.
