BTW, you should also set BBEdit Preferences > Editing > 'Extra vertical
space ("overscroll") in text view' to 'Full Window'.
Jean
On Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 10:21:19 AM UTC+1 jj wrote:
> Hi Rainer,
>
> You can *"kind of"* simulate typewriter mode with this applescript.
> It only has effect once your text overflows the window because it takes
> advantage of the fact that, when jumping around, BBEdit repositions the
> current line at ± 25% of the window height.
> Note that there is a bit of blinking that I don't know how to avoid.
> Save it to the Scripts folder and give it a keyboard shortcut like
> <Ctrl-return>.
>
> --
> # ~/Application
> Support/BBEdit/Scripts/0-[⌃↩︎]-[typewriter_return].applescript
> try
> tell application "BBEdit"
> tell first window
> if class of its selection is not insertion point then
> return
> end if
> tell its selection
> set vCharacterOffset to (its characterOffset) as
> integer
> set its contents to linefeed
> end tell
> tell its first document
> select insertion point before its first text
> select insertion point after its character
> vCharacterOffset
> end tell
> end tell
> end tell
> on error aMessage
> display alert aMessage
> end try
> --
>
> HTH,
>
> Jean Jourdain
>
>
> On Monday, November 22, 2021 at 11:02:52 AM UTC+1 Rainer Krug wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> is it possible to have typewriter mode (i.e. the line I am typing in
>> stays in the middle off the screen) in BBEdit? I haven't found anything
>> along these lines. Did I miss it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>>
>
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