Oops - I mis-typed one bit: the inner part of the find pattern should be “[^*]”
- asterisk instead of plus sign.
tell application “BBEdit"
tell front text window
replace "/\\*([^*]*?)\\*/" using "<!--\\1-->" options ¬
{search mode:grep, case sensitive:false, starting at top:true}
end tell
end tell
— Bruce
_bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
> On Mar 17, 2023, at 6:08 AM, Bruce Van Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Here’s a slightly amended version of your script:
>
> tell application “BBEdit”
> tell front text window
> replace "/\\*([^+]*?)\\*/" using "<!--\\1-->" options ¬
> {search mode:grep, case sensitive:false, starting at top:true}
> end tell
> end tell
>
> The differences are:
>
> - no parentheses () surrounding the whole find pattern because that becomes
> the first capture, which you use in the replacement pattern as ‘\1’.
>
> - added parens around the inner part of the find pattern, in order to capture
> what’s between the JS comment markers.
>
> - if you needed to keep that outer parens capture for some other reason,
> then change the replacement pattern to “<!—\\2—>” (assuming that part stays
> the second parens-capture).
>
> - I omitted the replace “%@“ line to keep this part of the script clear.
>
> Using the script as I wrote it above
>
> /* some commented stuff */ /*some more*/
>
> And /* some more*/
>
> is transformed in one step into
>
> <!-- some commented stuff --> <!--some more-->
>
> And <!-- some more-->
>
>
> HTH
>
> — Bruce
>
> _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Mar 17, 2023, at 3:04 AM, Mathias <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> OK, so I'm working on an apple script to replace Localizable (apple)
>> comments on the /* ... */ format to <!-- and -->
>>
>> I got it working, but I'm using two commands because I couldn't figure the
>> grep out... can this be simplified with only one "replace" ?
>>
>> pointers appreciated, script here:
>>
>> tell application "BBEdit"
>> tell front text window
>> replace "(/\\*[^\\*]*\\*/)" using "<!--\\1-->" options ¬
>> {search mode:grep, case sensitive:false, starting at top:true}
>> replace "(/\\*|\\*/)" using "" options {search mode:grep, case
>> sensitive:false, starting at top:true}
>> replace "%@" using "%1$s" options {case sensitive:false, starting at
>> top:true}
>>
>> end tell
>> end tell
>>
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