Thank you again, Jean. I’d not tried recording manual actions, as having
done so earlier in this project produced no results whatsoever in the
recorded script. It does indeed work as you describe in my older BBEdit
version.
Further experimentation:
* Removing the ID clause (all the way up to the f in filter mode) works
equally well, likely because all the needed information is inline in the
script.
* Leaving the ID clause alone and removing the rest of the terms fails:
script compiles and runs, but finds as part of the *replace* fail.
* Removing everything and using filter:{name:[name of my filter here, in
quotes]} fails exactly as above.
Either the original (with ID) or leaving all the filter information other
than the ID work and are wholly sufficient for my use case. I continue to
wonder whether there’s a way to call existing filters, as much for
curiosity as any other reason.
On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 2:32:36 AM UTC-7 jj wrote:
> Hi Sonic,
>
> As far as I know there is no way to call filters by name or to create
> filters with AppleScript.
> Nonetheless, you can record them and use them in your scripts.
>
> 1. In BBEdit, open the "Multi-File Search" window.
>
> 2. Configure the search options you want –– File and Folders filters
> included.
>
> 3. Use a word that WILL NOT match for the Find: and Replace: fields.
> (This is just a precaution to avoid accidentally replacing anything.)
>
> find: ___THIS__WILL__N_E_V_E_R__BE__FOUND___
> replace: ___THIS__WILL__N_E_V_E_R__BE__FOUND___
>
> 4. Launch Script Editor, open a new script and click the "Record a
> Script" button.
>
> 5. Go back to BBEdit and click on "Replace All" in the "Multi-File
> Search" window.
>
> 6. In Script Editor pause the recording.
>
> 7. Script Editor should have recorded the command.
>
> tell application "BBEdit"
> activate
> replace "___THIS__WILL__N_E_V_E_R__BE__FOUND___" using
> "___THIS__WILL__N_E_V_E_R__BE__FOUND___" saving no searching in {file
> "macosx:Users:jj:Documents:Notebook:"} options {search mode:grep,
> filter:{ID:"0DD90624-6CEA-4757-BCD1-A28CCA6DB640", filter_mode:or_mode,
> filter_terms:{{operand:".applescript", field:«constant ****FnSf»,
> operator:op_is_equal}}}, showing results:true} with skip shielded folders,
> search invisible folders and search git_ignored files without text files
> only
> end tell
>
> 8. The Filter is in the options. You can use it in your AppleScript
> script.
>
> filter:{ID:"0DD90624-6CEA-4757-BCD1-A28CCA6DB640",
> filter_mode:or_mode, filter_terms:{{operand:".applescript", field:«constant
> ****FnSf», operator:op_is_equal}}}
>
> An *easier option* is to create a Text Factory that includes your Filters
> and call it from AppleScript like so.
>
> tell application "BBEdit"
> set vFactoryFile to POSIX file "/path/to/my/replace.textfactory"
> apply text factory (vFactoryFile as alias) to (first text of first
> document of first window) saving no
> end tell
>
> Note that, as your BBEdit copy is lagging behind a few versions, some of
> this might not work as described.
>
> HTH
>
> Jean Jourdain
>
> On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 7:07:07 AM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I’m finding the documentation on using the *filter* option for *replace* in
>> an AppleScript less than helpful: i don’t understand the syntax.
>>
>> Without that option, this *replace* command works perfectly in the
>> overall script:
>>
>> *replace* (("TOCCHAP" & currchap *as* *text*) & ">") using navlinkholder
>> searching
>> in story_directory options {showing results:*false*} saving *yes*
>>
>>
>> The moment i add the clause *filter* "Exclude index.html" so it becomes
>> this:
>>
>> *replace* (("TOCCHAP" & currchap *as* *text*) & ">") using navlinkholder
>> searching
>> in story_directory options {showing results:*false*} *filter* "Exclude
>> index.html" saving *yes*
>>
>> and try to run the script, it throws the following error:
>>
>> *error* "BBEdit got an error: Could not make some data into the desired
>> type (MacOS Error code: -1700)" number -1700 to *record*
>>
>>
>> There is an existing file filter i made via the multiple file Find
>> interface named:
>>
>> Exclude index.html
>>
>> with settings:
>>
>> Any File name root is not index
>>
>>
>> Seems obvious that my clause for *filter* is all wrong, but the
>> documentation isn’t making it clear and searches on this group haven’t
>> yielded anything.
>>
>>
>> What is the proper syntax when one wants to use the BBEdit *filter* noun
>> in AppleScript?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance as always—the help has been stellar so far!
>>
>> (BBEdit 11.6.8, macOS 10.12.6, AppleScript 2.5, Script Editor 2.9, if any
>> of these matter)
>>
>
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