That's top notch. I had one small thing where I needed to protect the contents of the string to get it to 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 & "' | /usr/local/bin/jq ." *set* (*line* (*get* startLine *of* selection) *of* *front* *window*) *to* the_formatted *else* *set* the_formatted *to* *do shell script* "echo '" & the_selection & "' | /usr/local/bin/jq ." *set* (selection *of* *front* *window*) *to* the_formatted *end* *if* *end* *tell* Thank you so much! *-Ken* On Wednesday, 29 January 2020 19:14:29 UTC, GP wrote: > > > > 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/52e79f48-bcbd-48ee-96e6-0332f03724f7%40googlegroups.com.
