On Aug 14, 2021, at 20:17, e2o <eeol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh, excellent stuff - thank you both. Now as I try to figure out how I'll > script this, my initial ideas are fairly cumbersome. Yeah, I could bring up > the Find dialog, paste in the search criteria and [ ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ G ], but is there > a repeatable way using a named saved search or something?
I'm probably missing something here :-) but why is it important that you be able to script this action: do you just want to be able to perform this operation on demand whenever you open a suitable document, or do you want to integrate it into a larger external workflow? Again, a concrete example with steps would be extremely helpful. :-) If however a search & replace of the form you describe below: > find (myInitialLines)(thenEverythingToTheEnd) and replace with \1\2\1 *would* do the job then you need only create a text factory which contains a Replace All action with the specified Find and Replace patterns, then save that factory as a _text filter_ and you can assign it a key shortcut to invoke against the current document at any time. > I was hoping a Text Factory would have something as simple as a Find and Copy > command, but it seems to insist on a Replace. For reference, text factories are designed to _transform_ whatever text you apply them to: whether the contents of the current document when run as a _text filter_, or a batch of files when run globally as a _script_, and the advantage of using a text factory is that you can easily define and apply any desired set of actions (i.e. text transformations) with no need for scripting. > I guess I could find (myInitialLines)(thenEverythingToTheEnd) and replace > with \1\2\1 - which would result in copying my initial non-blank lines to the > end of the document - but that seems kinda kludgy. If that is what you wish to accomplish then I don't see anything at all kludgy about the solution; it's an entirely valid transform. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" 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 bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/A449E6D3-91C3-460F-9781-C0F9BD783D1B%40barebones.com.
