This was apparently one of those "works right after I hit send" questions. I couldn't remember why I specified "alias" when declaring the tf variable, so I removed it, and then the script succeeded. And continued succeeding after I put the alias specifier back. Argh.
Nat On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Nathaniel Irons wrote: > Hello, > > To the best my of ability to tell, this should apply the specified text > factory to the frontmost BBEdit window (assuming it's a text document): > > tell application "BBEdit" > set tf to alias "Macintosh HD:Users:irons:example.textfactory" > apply text factory tf to text document 1 of text window 1 without saving > end tell > > However, I find that this script runs without error and has no effect. > If I click the Choose button in the text factory and select this same > target file, then running the text factory does succeed. > > I confirmed that "text window 1" is what I expect it to be via: > > tell application "BBEdit" to get URL of text document 1 of text window 1 > > Am I overlooking something? MacOS 14.5, BBEdit 15.1.1. > > Thanks, > > Nat > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please > email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit > on Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@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/038957d1-1ee2-405d-8adf-502643a6cf9e%40app.fastmail.com. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@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/824a46f8-379e-41a6-92cd-3cb0f9e28bf2%40app.fastmail.com.
