Hi Christopher & Christopher,
Seems there is an off by one somewhere. You should mail the issue to [email protected]. Regards, Jean Jourdain *tell* *application* "BBEdit" *set* vDocument *to* *make* new *document* with properties {contents:"def do_something( doohickeis )\ndoohickeis.each do | whatsit |\nwhatsit.this!\nwhatsit.that!\nprint whatsit\nend\nend\n"} *set* vNeedle *to* "whatsit" *set* vFoundObjects *to* {} *select* *insertion point* *before* *text* *of* vDocument *repeat* *set* vResult *to* *find* vNeedle searching in vDocument options {starting at top:*false*, wrap around:*false*, search mode:*literal*, returning results:*false*} *with* selecting match *if* (vResult's found) *then* *set* *end* *of* vFoundObjects *to* vResult's found object *log* {(vResult's found object) *as* *string*, vResult's found text, *its* selection *as* *string*} *else* *exit* *repeat* *end* *if* *end* *repeat* *select* vFoundObjects selection *end* *tell* *-- Replies* *tell* *application* "BBEdit" *make* new *document* with properties {contents:"def do_something( doohickeis )\ndoohickeis.each do | whatsit |\nwhatsit.this!\nwhatsit.that!\nprint whatsit\nend\nend\n"} --> *text document* 1 *select* *insertion point* *before* *every* *text* *of* *text document* 1 *find* "whatsit" searching in *text document* 1 options {starting at top: *false*, wrap around:*false*, search mode:*literal*, returning results: *false*} *with* selecting match --> {found:*true*, found object:*characters* 53 *thru* 59 *of* *text document* 1, found text:"whatsit"} *get* *characters* 53 *thru* 59 *of* *text document* 1 --> "whatsit" *get* selection --> "whatsit" (*whatsit, whatsit, whatsit*) *find* "whatsit" searching in *text document* 1 options {starting at top: *false*, wrap around:*false*, search mode:*literal*, returning results: *false*} *with* selecting match --> {found:*true*, found object:*characters* 63 *thru* 69 *of* *text document* 1, found text:"whatsit"} *get* *characters* 63 *thru* 69 *of* *text document* 1 --> "whatsit" *get* selection --> "whatsit" (*whatsit, whatsit, whatsit*) *find* "whatsit" searching in *text document* 1 options {starting at top: *false*, wrap around:*false*, search mode:*literal*, returning results: *false*} *with* selecting match --> {found:*true*, found object:*characters* 77 *thru* 83 *of* *text document* 1, found text:"whatsit"} *get* *characters* 77 *thru* 83 *of* *text document* 1 --> "whatsit" *get* selection --> "whatsit" (*whatsit, whatsit, whatsit*) *find* "whatsit" searching in *text document* 1 options {starting at top: *false*, wrap around:*false*, search mode:*literal*, returning results: *false*} *with* selecting match --> {found:*true*, found object:*characters* 97 *thru* 103 *of* *text document* 1, found text:"whatsit"} *get* *characters* 97 *thru* 103 *of* *text document* 1 --> "whatsit" *get* selection --> "whatsit" (*whatsit, whatsit, whatsit*) *find* "whatsit" searching in *text document* 1 options {starting at top: *false*, wrap around:*false*, search mode:*literal*, returning results: *false*} *with* selecting match --> {found:*false*} *select* {*characters* 53 *thru* 59 *of* *text document* 1, *characters* 63 *thru* 69 *of* *text document* 1, *characters* 77 *thru* 83 *of* *text document* 1, *characters* 97 *thru* 103 *of* *text document* 1} *get* selection --> {*characters* 53 *thru* 58 *of* *text document* 1, *characters* 63 *thru* 68 *of* *text document* 1, *characters* 77 *thru* 82 *of* *text document* 1, *characters* 97 *thru* 102 *of* *text document* 1} *end tell* Result: {*characters* 53 *thru* 58 *of* *text document* 1 *of* *application* "BBEdit", *characters* 63 *thru* 68 *of* *text document* 1 *of* *application* "BBEdit", *characters* 77 *thru* 82 *of* *text document* 1 *of* *application* "BBEdit", *characters* 97 *thru* 102 *of* *text document* 1 *of* *application* "BBEdit"} On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 10:40:41 AM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > On Nov 08, 2021, at 00:14, Christopher Waterman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If I select every occurrence of "whatsit" through which ever means. > > ... > > > Then run this AppleScript. > > AppleScript: > tell window 1 of application "BBEdit" > set stuff to get selection > end tell > > *It returns a list like this.* > > ------------------------------ > > Hey Christopher, > > I don't see how you're getting a list of selected items. > > If I use find with show matches it doesn't work. > > If I use LiveSearch it doesn't work. > > So how exactly are you doing your selection? > > > -- > Best Regards, > Chris > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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