In my local note files (text but with .md file extension), I often include links to other files using the file URL scheme (“<file:///User/me/…>”) as I can then easily navigate to those files by simply Cmd-clicking anywhere in the URL. For several years I’ve been using Path Finder as a Finder replacement and it provides a context menu item of “Copy Path -> URL” which makes it pretty easy to get a file URL in the proper format (i.e., it automatically encodes spaces etc.).
I’m transitioning to a new MacBook Pro (M1 Max - sweet!) and moving from Mojave to Monterey in the process. I’m also considering moving from Path Finder to ForkLift or similar or even just the plain old Finder. I know I can get the *path* to any file in the Finder or ForkLift but to use it as a URL in BBEdit would require massaging the copied data. Bringing this back to BBEdit - is there anything in BBEdit that can simplify this process? I like the idea of starting with the path because that doesn’t lock me into any of the Finder/Finder replacements but how to make this as close to copy/paste as possible? Thanks, Craig P.S. anyone using hook (https://hookproductivity.com <https://hookproductivity.com/>) for stuff like this? -- Craig Heilman Bugaboo Software -- 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/011C58C7-5691-4137-A6F0-D7B057A53440%40bugsoft.com.
