Greg,
The BBEdit dictionary mentions that the "normalize line endings" command
takes a text specifier as a parameter.
---
normalize line endings v : convert any CRLF pairs and LF characters
remaining after line-break conversion
normalize line endings specifier : text to be modified
→ text : the modified text
---
Your script as written gives to the "normalize line endings" command an
implicit parameter of type application "BBEdit" which apparently is not
automatically convertible to a text specifier.
Try to give it the contents of your document which is a text specifier
(something of the form: characters x thru y of ...).
*normalize line endings* contents *of* *first* *document* *of* first window
or use a tell block to specify the implicit parameter:
tell first document of first window
*normalize line endings*
end tell
HTH,
Jean Jourdain
On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 2:09:30 PM UTC+2 Greg Raven wrote:
> Actually, this isn't working for me either. This is what I have so far:
>
> ```
> tell application "Safari"
> set sourceCode to source of first document
> end tell
>
> tell application "BBEdit"
> activate
> make new text window with properties {contents:sourceCode, source
> language:"HTML"}
> optimize
> # normalize line endings
> format mode gentle hierarchical with normalizing tag case
> copy time of (current date) to latest
> save text document 1 to file ("Macintosh HD:Users:greg:Desktop:tossme-" &
> latest & ".html")
> end tell
> ```
> The "normalize line endings" command is commented out because it throws an
> error so the script does not run to completion. I tried wrapping it in it's
> own tell block, but I'm still missing something.
>
> On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 4:46:59 AM UTC-7 Greg Raven wrote:
>
>> Ah, so. Thank you! It never occurred to me that I needed a nested tell
>> block.
>>
>> On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 12:53:16 AM UTC-7 jj wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> Here is a script that might do what you want
>>>
>>> tell application "Safari"
>>> set vContents to source of first document
>>> set vName to name of first document
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> tell application "BBEdit"
>>> tell first window
>>> set vDocument to make new document at beginning with properties
>>> {name:vName, contents:vContents}
>>> tell vDocument
>>> normalize line endings
>>> format mode no reorganization with normalizing tag case
>>> end tell
>>> end tell
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Jean Jourdain
>>>
>>>
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