Well done Mark for persevering. Word was indeed a step backwards and it continues to impede progress of mankind. Did you ever use Qued/M from Nisus? it was a great product with a built in programming language too. And Nisus was wonderful as you could do complex searches and with styles as part of searches...
On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 23:12, Mark Mayberry <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > . > -- Kaveh Bazargan PhD Director River Valley Technologies <http://rivervalley.io> ● Twitter <https://twitter.com/rivervalley1000> ● LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazargankaveh/> ● ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-9098> ● @[email protected] <https://mastodon.social/@kaveh1000> *Accelerating the Communication of Research* * <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bazargankaveh_ismte-innovation-award-recipient-kaveh-bazargan-activity-7039348552526921728-XAEB/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop> [image: https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/] <https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/>* -- 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/CAJ2R9phNX5q1%2BSeg%2BM59AuMNg%2BgZQVtUtMFsPxQP4yH-Ntp1jA%40mail.gmail.com.
