If I’m following you: 1. in any macOS Open dialog, you can type a / and a special input field will appear where you can type/paste a path (to a directory, not a file)
2. in BBEdit there’s an Open File by Name command, where you can type/paste in a path to a file. Cheers > On 2021-03-14, at 12:47, @lbutlr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings and happy Coviversary: > > So, I have a text file that has a path to a file, and I would like to open > that file, or the directory containing that file. > > Currently, I copy the path manually, then paste it into the terminal (or a > shell worksheet in BBEdit), and prepend > > open " > > And append > > " > > (I can skip the quotes if there are no spaces, of course) > > And hit return. > > The "Open" service works, but it pops up a "Bbedit wants to use the > restricted service 'open'" every single time, which is almost, but not quite, > as annoying as the cope/paste. > > The "Open in BBEdit is fine if the file needs to be opened in BBEdit itself, > but neither open nor open in BBEdit has an option to open the enclosing > folder, so I have to be careful about the selection instead of just the > entire line, and then since I do not want to open the PATH in BBEdit, I have > to jump through the restricted dialog. > > It occurs to me there must be a better way to do this? I thought of > automator, but rejected that since there is no flow-control for deciding if > to grab the directory or the full path, but I suppose I cold do two services? > > Before I spend a lot of time noodling, any suggestions? -- 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/9E3C4DB9-1536-40D9-B732-59B88FC06CEC%40gmail.com.
