I should change that variable htmlTitle back to fileData. Even though I
don't actually use it, it is misleading.
On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 8:30:00 AM UTC-5 Eros9 wrote:
> Hi, PDeL -- My script returns "some reasonable facsimile thereof". I just
> skipped defining the variable "fileData" (or "htmlTitle" in my script) and
> returned the string itself. It might be confusing that the string includes
> line breaks, which the script editor actually displays as such; the string
> is bound by the parentheses. The main breakthrough in my grasping how the
> script works in the context of a text factory is that whatever it returns
> completely replaces the contents of the file being acted on, so the script
> has to read all the contents first, do its thing, and return them back. In
> my case, that was just adding an html title header with the file name. I
> hope I've been helpful!
>
> On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 8:28:08 PM UTC-5 PDeL wrote:
>
>> Hi Eros9. This is indeed very interesting, and potentially very helpful
>> for a different thing I'm trying to do.
>> But I don't understand HOW you run the AppleScript in the context of a
>> Text Factory. In the user guide the only mention I see of AS in relation to
>> a TF is the "Run AppleScript Filter" option, which is documented as shown
>> below. I'm kind of thrown off by the statement "This entry point should
>> return the file’s contents as a Unicode string." Is this what you're
>> using?
>>
>> When you use the Run AppleScript Filter operation, your script should be
>> written with an entry point named “ApplyTextTransform”. The input parameter
>> to this entry point is a Unicode string containing the file’s contents.
>> This entry point should return the file’s contents as a Unicode string (or
>> something which can be directly coerced to one):
>> on ApplyTextTransform (fileData)
>> -- do something to fileData
>> return fileData -- or some reasonable facsimile thereof
>> end
>>
>> On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 10:30:49 AM UTC-7 Eros9 wrote:
>>
>> This may be helpful to somebody. I have a text factory that is a chain of
>> "Replace All" commands to create an html proof of an xml file. I wanted to
>> add the file name to the proof, because it is crucial for correct
>> processing of the xml (when it's uploaded to the system in question).
>> Here's the Applescript, which is run at the start of the text factory:
>>
>> on ApplyTextTransform(htmlTitle)
>> tell application "BBEdit"
>> activate
>> set fileName to (name of document 1) as text
>> set fileCont to (contents of document 1) as text
>> return ("<html>
>> <head>
>> <title>" & fileName & "</title>
>> </head>
>> " & fileCont)
>> end tell
>> end ApplyTextTransform
>>
>> Then a grep replace command in the text factory finds the fileName and
>> adds it as part of the html body as well. (I realize that the htmlTitle
>> variable in the script is superfluous.)
>>
>>
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