That's a general AppleScript problem with rich text. AppleScript does not have a primitive rich text type. Rich text is declared as type text, so whenever you evaluated it (e.g. by assigning it to a variable) it is converted to just text. So you can only use it as rich text as a reference. Either use it directly in a command (such as saving to file or putting on a clipboard or getting rich text properties) that has a rich text parameter, or use 'a reference to'.
Christiaan On 5 Jan 2008, at 2:49 AM, James Harrison wrote: > In 1.3.13, the Applescript command "templated rich text" now yields > the correct text string, but it's not clear whether it includes any > text style information (in Leopard). I don't have a complete handle on > the situation, since it's easy to strip style information from strings > in Applescript and Applescript 2.0 in Leopard handles strings a bit > differently from previous versions. However, I can copy styled text > from one document in TextEdit directly to the clipboard and then > insert it into another document with styles preserved. When I set the > clipboard to the output of templated rich text in BibDesk using the > Abbrv export template (which should italicize journal names) I can > insert the correct text into the TextEdit document from the clipboard, > but the styles are absent. Is there a way to confirm that the current > output of "templated rich text" is what's intended? > > By the way, the "About" box still reads 1.3.12 in the nightlies. Is it > supposed to retain the old number until the official release? > > Jim Harrison > UVa ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
