Yuma, Thanks for sharing the script. I have been slowly working on learning APple scripting along with lots of other stuff. :) I am amazed at how much can be done with scripting.
On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:40 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Just wanted to drop you guys a little script i made to help you with copy and > pasting stuff from pdfs web or anything actually. > > The basic premise here is to copy whatever sentence paragraph or whatever > text you have, use the copy last phrase to clipboard command and my script > will automatically paste it to the end of your text editor window. > > This is very useful if you have long text that you want copied and pasted > from pdf files just as they are supposed to be without wasting time on > switching apps, reformatting etc. > > Here's the script: > > set thetext to get the clipboard > tell application "TextEdit" > set theindex to every paragraph of front document > set thecount to count theindex > set thecount to thecount + 1 > set paragraph thecount of front document to thetext > > say "pasted to text editor" > end tell > > > Copy it all, paste it into your applescript editor which is > /applications/utilitiesapplescript editor > / > > The best thing to do next is to apply a gesture to the script. > > Here is how i do this: > > I have option one finger flick down to read the next sentence > > Option tow finger flick down for next paragraph > > Then i have option four finger flick left to copy last phrase to clipboard > > Lastly, i use option pinch out for running the script > > With this, every paragraph you want to copy is then pasted without switching > to the text editor and back. > > I'll make a better version later on but if you want to play with this one > already and test it out, be my guest :) > > > I might make a short podcast to demonstrate how faast one's productivity can > get with this technique > > Yuma > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
