Thanks. The scripts seem to require the text to already be distributed to two different docs, so I'm not sure how much time it would save. The doc creation is the tedious part.
I suppose I'm envisioning a process more like this: invite user to paste text A into a field, then paste text B into another field. Save each snippet to a new doc on desktop, and open Find Diffs pop-up with both docs chosen. I suppose I could delete them afterwards manually, that's not the bottleneck. Is that realistic do you think? On Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 5:41:20 PM UTC jj wrote: > Jim, > > Check those applescripts: > https://gist.github.com/mixio/7c03838a95c3cf86cfd78827bf7121d5 > > HTH > > Jean Jourdain > > On Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 2:49:17 PM UTC+1 Jim Leff wrote: > >> >> I frequently need to "Find Differences" between bits of text, not entire >> docs. For example, two versions of the same paragraph. >> >> It's a pain to do this via BBEdit. Here's the workflow: >> >> Create new doc >> Paste text 1 >> Save >> Create new doc, >> Paste text 2 >> Save >> Choose both docs in "Find Differences" >> Trash the two docs. >> >> Has anyone figured out a clever way to script any of this? >> >> I know there are standalone text comparison apps and web apps, but none >> delivers results in editor markup like BBEdit does. And the web apps have >> privacy issues. And, anyway, I write in BBEdit so I'd prefer to stick to >> that environment. > > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/d16d1f1a-7552-468d-a1e7-aaecbb1b8b98n%40googlegroups.com.
