Correct. *At the moment*, that's all I can think of to try to mimic typewriter mode.
On Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 12:15:23 PM UTC+1 Rainer Krug wrote: > Interesting. But I have to use the shortcut ⌃↩︎ to execute the typewriter > scrolling - so it is not automatic. Correct? > > 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 >>> >>> >> -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/feab4d61-a9ac-417a-9a35-d99792898af3n%40googlegroups.com.
