Hi Keith.. Do file it as a bug.. either the app is broken or the dictionary needs updating!
Cheers, Dave > On 11-February-2019, at 2:08 PM, Keith Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here’s mine so far: > > tell application "BBEdit" > activate > try > set win to text window 1 > tell win > set show gutter to false > set show navigation bar to false > set smart quotes to true > set sidebar visible to false > set show line numbers to false > set soft wrap width to 80 > set soft wrap text to true > set soft wrap mode to window width > set display magnification to 1.25 > end tell > on error str > display alert str > end try > end tell > > A bit of redundancy with activate and setting a win variable, but this is > where I left off. I have other scripts for other modes so I don’t worry about > toggles in this case. > > Do you think we should report the show status bar property as a bug? > > Keith > >> On Feb 11, 2019, at 6:42 AM, David Rostenne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Funny you should ask this as I was looking at someone else’s script to do >> just this.. and also ran into issues. The script: >> >> tell application "BBEdit" >> tell window 1 >> set show line numbers to (not show line numbers) >> set show gutter to (not show gutter) >> set show navigation bar to (not show navigation bar) >> -- set show status bar to false >> set sidebar visible to false >> end tell >> end tell >> >> If I uncomment the ‘show status bar’ line and run it I get: >> >> error "BBEdit got an error: An unexpected error occurred while processing an >> Apple Event (macOS error code: -10000)." number -10000 >> >> I use get statements to test with and getting status bar works fine.. but >> changing it fails. >> >> Can you share your script? I’m interested in setting up a distraction free >> writing mode as well. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dave >> >>> On 10-February-2019, at 1:35 AM, Keith Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I thought I’d write a little script to set BBEdit into distraction free >>> mode: >>> >>> So far I can: >>> >>> - Hide the nav and gutter and sidebar line numbers >>> - Set the wrap mode I like >>> - Set magnification, smart quotes, etc >>> >>> via AppleScript. >>> >>> However, I can’t: >>> >>> - hide the text status bar (the bottom thing), >>> - or the right-side scroll bar. >>> >>> - The Text Window properties have a “show status bar” prop — setting this >>> generates an error. >>> >>> - Prefs -> Appearance -> Text Status Bar: unchecking all works — >>> AppleScript accessible? >>> >>> Question: Is there a way to revert the right-side scroll bar to “auto hide” >>> like all the other windows on macOS? (I tried unchecking 'show spelling' or >>> ‘find' ticks — no go. Couldn’t find an Expert Pref for it either.) >>> >>> Question: Is there a way to change preferences via AppleScript? Do I need >>> to use System Events with key commands or guess property names? (They don’t >>> show up in Script Debugger’s explorer or object model). >>> >>> Thanks for any help! >>> >>> Keith >>> version 12.6 (412025, 64-bit, sandboxed) >>> >>> -- >>> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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