On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 5:46:09 AM UTC-8, Ken Corey wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a script, shown below, that allows me to put the cursor on a single > line of json and call my script. A terminal window is opened, and the > formatted json is shown. I then can copy it out and paste it back into the > document. > > It works, but it's still a bit of a bother. > > I'd like the json line in BBEdit to be replaced with the formatted json. > No terminal window needed. > > Something like:
set the_formatted to do shell script "echo & the_selection & | jq ." will eliminate the need to use the Terminal application. Something like the following quick and dirty hack will probably work: tell application "BBEdit" set the_selection to (selection of front window as string) if (the_selection) is "" then set the_selection to line (get startLine of selection) of front window as string set the_formatted to do shell script "echo & the_selection & | jq ." set (line (get startLine of selection) of front window) to the_formatted else set the_formatted to do shell script "echo & the_selection & | jq ." set (selection of front window) to the_formatted end if end tell -- 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 here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/2f0c6139-0016-4202-8649-f82c3dd1e615%40googlegroups.com.
