Dear Rich, Thank you so much for the assistance. With some trial and error, I was able to implement your advice, and now the Text Factory (which performs hundreds of changes via the GREP commands and the CANONIZE command) can be applied to any open document window by pressing the assigned shortcut (CTRL-V).
I love BBEdit. Around 1980, I started using computers (Kaypro (CP/M) > Vic-20 & Commodore 64 > followed by a succession of homebuilt and purchased Windows computers). With the arrival of Apple Silicon, I jumped ship from Windows to macOS, and have rediscovered the joy of computing—after wandering in the Windows wilderness for forty years. Working with BBEdit is a huge part of the delight! I started with WordStar and other CMP based word-processing programs, but then came Microsoft Word. . . SIGH. Now, with BBEdit, markdown, and Pandoc, the process of working with text is a pleasant experience once again. Thanks for a great product. I’m sorry it took me so long to discover BBEdit. Happy 30th anniversary! Yours, Mark On 24 May 2023, at 16:09, Rich Siegel wrote: > On 24 May 2023, at 17:06, Mark Mayberry wrote: > >> I know this is a DUMB question, but how do you get a Text Factory to work >> ONLY on the file that is currently open and visible in BBEdit? > > Place it in BBEdit's "Text Filters" folder, which you can get to by choosing > "Text Filters" from the Folder submenu on the BBEdit application menu. > > More on this in the user manual, but to summarize: filters run on the > selection of the active text document, or on the entire document if there is > no selection. > > Enjoy, > > R. > > -- > 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/592A84AE-D752-4FC0-B0B9-62E9963B89A9%40barebones.com. -- 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/CA302031-5C5C-4803-B019-34B6459C8A20%40gmail.com.
