Hi Robert, You could do this with a snippet of AppleScript like so:
*try* *tell* *application* "BBEdit" -- Replace <user> and <my_beautiful> with your user's name and textfactory's name. *set* vTextFactory *to* *POSIX file* "/Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Text Factories/<my_beautiful>.textfactory" *repeat* *with* vDocument *in* *its* *text documents* *as* *list* *apply text factory* vTextFactory to vDocument saving *no* *end* *repeat* *end* *tell* *on* *error* aMessage *display alert* aMessage *end* *try* HTH, Jean Jourdain On Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 9:14:22 PM UTC+2 Robert Schwalbe wrote: > I hope this is not blatantly obvious because I certainly did put in > some time to > come up with an answer by myself. > > Can a text factory work on a dynamic set of files? > > I have a text factory that performs a half dozen or so operations. In > my case all targeted > files would be open, I then open the text factory, select Choose, > check "Open Editing > Windows" and hit the Run button. Bingo Bango done! > > What I would like to do is still have my targeted files open, but > then just run a text factory > (preferably sans any UI) and the text factory knows to operate on the > "Open Editing Windows" > just as described above but without any of the interacting. > > Here's to some hopeful wishing! > > On the other hand, a pessimist is never disappointed. > -- 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/2767bdf7-eaa5-44d3-ab4c-90fda5215ff3n%40googlegroups.com.
