On 05/24/2021, at 21:44, Rich Siegel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> his is a good script. Some feedback: as a matter of best practices and future
> proofing, avoid targeting windows (or elements of them).
Hey Rich,
Thanks for the feedback.
Actually I often use this sort of construct:
tell application "BBEdit"
activate
set myDoc to make new text document with properties {text:"some text"}
return myDoc
end tell
--> text document 1 of application "BBEdit"
What I don't like about it is the reference it creates – it will break if you
change the window index in the script and then refer to the reference again.
Getting a reference to any document besides document 1 produces a more sturdy
reference:
tell application "BBEdit"
set docRef to document 2
end tell
--> project document "untitled project 45" of application "BBEdit"
If I need the reference to be more robust I have to do something like this:
tell application "BBEdit"
activate
set docID to ID of (make new document with properties {text:"some text"})
tell document id docID
set after its text to linefeed & "some more text" & linefeed
select insertion point after its text
end tell
end tell
Most of the time working with the front document is perfectly adequate – but
not always.
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Take Care,
Chris
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