Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[David J]

Thanks, I've been trying to clean up text for my elderly father to read,  
old journal entries, highlights and whatnot. This is really helpful.

I have one more question I'll ask in another thread and then try to figure 
out more on my own for a while.

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 6:32:23 PM UTC-7 listmei...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Aug 24, 2021, at 10:39, David J  wrote:
>
>
> Oh, one last thing. Is there a save all command available after doing this?
>
> --
>
> Hey David,
>
> AppleScript can do many things...
>
> 
> # Auth: Christopher Stone
> # dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
> # dMod: 2021/08/24 20:30
> # Appl: BBEdit
> # Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
> # : Then Hard Wrap to the Given Length.
> # : Then save each document.
> # Libs: None
> # Osax: None
> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, @Project, 
> @Window
> 
> *property* hardWrapWidth : 70
> 
>
> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
>
> 
> *set* docList *to* *text documents* *of* *project window* 1
>
> 
> *repeat* *with* theDoc *in* docList
> *tell* theDoc
> *tell* *its* *text*
> *remove line breaks*
> *hard wrap* width hardWrapWidth
> *end* *tell*
> *save*
> *end* *tell*
> *end* *repeat*
>
> 
> *end* *tell*
>
> 
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Chris
>
>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[Christopher Stone]

> On Aug 24, 2021, at 10:39, David J  wrote:
> 
> Oh, one last thing. Is there a save all command available after doing this?

Hey David,

AppleScript can do many things...


# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
# dMod: 2021/08/24 20:30
# Appl: BBEdit
# Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
# : Then Hard Wrap to the Given Length.
# : Then save each document.
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, @Project, 
@Window

property hardWrapWidth : 70


tell application "BBEdit"

set docList to text documents of project window 1

repeat with theDoc in docList
tell theDoc
tell its text
remove line breaks
hard wrap width hardWrapWidth
end tell
save
end tell
end repeat

end tell




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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[David J]

I figured it out. Selected all that are open and was able to save them. 
Thanks again!

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 8:39:55 AM UTC-7 David J wrote:

> Oh, one last thing. Is there a save all command available after doing 
> this? I read the manual and saw:
>
>  "Here's a new (dynamic) command on the File menu: "Save All in Window". 
> The factory default keyboard equivalent is Command-Option-Shift-S. This is 
> enabled if any (or the only) document in the front window has unsaved 
> changes; choosing it will save all documents in the front window." 
>
> That dynamic command doesn't show up after I run the script. The keyboard 
> shortcut doesn't seem to be saving all open files either. Hmmm. Thanks for 
> any pointers.
>
> On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 8:25:13 AM UTC-7 David J wrote:
>
>> This worked well to clean it up. Now I can read these at a proper width. 
>> Thank you!
>>
>> On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 10:28:34 AM UTC-7 listmei...@gmail.com 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Aug 22, 2021, at 22:58, David J  wrote:
>>>
>>> Since the end goal was to get the text so I could hard wrap it by 
>>> removing all line breaks first. Is there any easy way to add an additional 
>>> hard wrap on all open documents to the above script?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Hey David,
>>>
>>> Sure.
>>>
>>> 
>>> # Auth: Christopher Stone
>>> # dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
>>> # dMod: 2021/08/23 12:27
>>> # Appl: BBEdit
>>> # Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
>>> # : Then Hard Wrap to the Given Length.
>>> # Libs: None
>>> # Osax: None
>>> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, 
>>> @Project, @Window
>>> 
>>> *property* hardWrapWidth : 70
>>> 
>>>
>>> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
>>>
>>> 
>>> *set* docList *to* *text documents* *of* *project window* 1
>>>
>>> 
>>> *repeat* *with* theDoc *in* docList
>>> *tell* theDoc's *text*
>>> *remove line breaks*
>>> *hard wrap* width hardWrapWidth
>>> *end* *tell*
>>> *end* *repeat*
>>>
>>> 
>>> *end* *tell*
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[David J]

Oh, one last thing. Is there a save all command available after doing this? 
I read the manual and saw:

 "Here's a new (dynamic) command on the File menu: "Save All in Window". 
The factory default keyboard equivalent is Command-Option-Shift-S. This is 
enabled if any (or the only) document in the front window has unsaved 
changes; choosing it will save all documents in the front window." 

That dynamic command doesn't show up after I run the script. The keyboard 
shortcut doesn't seem to be saving all open files either. Hmmm. Thanks for 
any pointers.

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 8:25:13 AM UTC-7 David J wrote:

> This worked well to clean it up. Now I can read these at a proper width. 
> Thank you!
>
> On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 10:28:34 AM UTC-7 listmei...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>
>> On Aug 22, 2021, at 22:58, David J  wrote:
>>
>> Since the end goal was to get the text so I could hard wrap it by 
>> removing all line breaks first. Is there any easy way to add an additional 
>> hard wrap on all open documents to the above script?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hey David,
>>
>> Sure.
>>
>> 
>> # Auth: Christopher Stone
>> # dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
>> # dMod: 2021/08/23 12:27
>> # Appl: BBEdit
>> # Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
>> # : Then Hard Wrap to the Given Length.
>> # Libs: None
>> # Osax: None
>> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, 
>> @Project, @Window
>> 
>> *property* hardWrapWidth : 70
>> 
>>
>> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
>>
>> 
>> *set* docList *to* *text documents* *of* *project window* 1
>>
>> 
>> *repeat* *with* theDoc *in* docList
>> *tell* theDoc's *text*
>> *remove line breaks*
>> *hard wrap* width hardWrapWidth
>> *end* *tell*
>> *end* *repeat*
>>
>> 
>> *end* *tell*
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Chris
>>
>>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[David J]

This worked well to clean it up. Now I can read these at a proper width. 
Thank you!

On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 10:28:34 AM UTC-7 listmei...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Aug 22, 2021, at 22:58, David J  wrote:
>
> Since the end goal was to get the text so I could hard wrap it by removing 
> all line breaks first. Is there any easy way to add an additional hard wrap 
> on all open documents to the above script?
>
> --
>
> Hey David,
>
> Sure.
>
> 
> # Auth: Christopher Stone
> # dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
> # dMod: 2021/08/23 12:27
> # Appl: BBEdit
> # Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
> # : Then Hard Wrap to the Given Length.
> # Libs: None
> # Osax: None
> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, @Project, 
> @Window
> 
> *property* hardWrapWidth : 70
> 
>
> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
>
> 
> *set* docList *to* *text documents* *of* *project window* 1
>
> 
> *repeat* *with* theDoc *in* docList
> *tell* theDoc's *text*
> *remove line breaks*
> *hard wrap* width hardWrapWidth
> *end* *tell*
> *end* *repeat*
>
> 
> *end* *tell*
>
> 
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Chris
>
>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[Christopher Stone]

> On Aug 22, 2021, at 22:58, David J  wrote:

> Since the end goal was to get the text so I could hard wrap it by removing 
> all line breaks first. Is there any easy way to add an additional hard wrap 
> on all open documents to the above script?

Hey David,

Sure.


# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
# dMod: 2021/08/23 12:27
# Appl: BBEdit
# Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
# : Then Hard Wrap to the Given Length.
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, @Project, 
@Window

property hardWrapWidth : 70


tell application "BBEdit"

set docList to text documents of project window 1

repeat with theDoc in docList
tell theDoc's text
remove line breaks
hard wrap width hardWrapWidth
end tell
end repeat

end tell




--
Best Regards,
Chris

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[David J]

Hi Chris, 

 Since the end goal was to get the text so I could hard wrap it by removing 
all line breaks first. Is there any easy way to add an additional hard wrap 
on all open documents to the above script? Or is it possible to alter it so 
I could run hard wrap on all open documents as a second operation? Well 
beyond my understanding so really appreciate what you whipped up there.

With respect, David
On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 3:04:45 PM UTC-7 listmei...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Aug 21, 2021, at 20:07, David J  wrote:
>
>
> If I have multiple files open, can I remove line breaks from them all at 
> once? I've selected all open documents that are in the side tabs, but the 
> remove line breaks option is greyed out. 
>
> --
>
> Hey David,
>
> You can do something like this:
>
> 
> # Auth: Christopher Stone
> # dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
> # dMod: 2021/08/22 16:43 
> # Appl: BBEdit
> # Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
> # Libs: None
> # Osax: None
> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, @Project, 
> @Window
> 
>
> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
>
> 
> *set* docList *to* *text documents* *of* *project window* 1
>
> 
> *repeat* *with* theDoc *in* docList
> *tell* theDoc's *text* *to* *remove line breaks*
> *end* *repeat*
>
> 
> *end* *tell*
>
> 
>
> Note that this works only on documents open in the front project window.
>
> The script can be altered to operate on any open document.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Chris
>
>
>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[Christopher Stone]

> On Aug 21, 2021, at 20:07, David J  wrote:
> 
> If I have multiple files open, can I remove line breaks from them all at 
> once? I've selected all open documents that are in the side tabs, but the 
> remove line breaks option is greyed out. 

Hey David,

You can do something like this:


# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2021/08/22 16:43
# dMod: 2021/08/22 16:43 
# Appl: BBEdit
# Task: Remove Line Breaks from Text Documents of Project Window 1.
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Remove, @Line, @Breaks, @Project, 
@Window


tell application "BBEdit"

set docList to text documents of project window 1

repeat with theDoc in docList
tell theDoc's text to remove line breaks
end repeat

end tell



Note that this works only on documents open in the front project window.

The script can be altered to operate on any open document.

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Chris


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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[Greg Raven]

I'll bet you could create a Text Factory that does this, although I haven't 
tried it myself.

On Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 6:07:07 PM UTC-7 David J wrote:

> Quick additional questions:
>
> If I have multiple files open, can I remove line breaks from them all at 
> once? I've selected all open documents that are in the side tabs, but the 
> remove line breaks option is greyed out. 
>
> Is this something that I need to do some kind folder search/multi-file 
> search and grep? They are all in the same folder.  I'm assuming the bulk 
> edit operation to hard wrap text is similar to doing remove line breaks in 
> bulk?
>
> I've searched in the manual for bulk edit operation and the faq and I 
> clearly must not know the correct wording for this. Thank you for any 
> pointers
>
> On Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:01:34 AM UTC-7 David J wrote:
>
>> Oops, apparently learning Google groups too and sent a response to Rich 
>> private. 
>>
>> "Better to keep this on the group. :-)
>> Once it's unwrapped you can turn on Soft Wrap, or use Hard Wrap to reflow 
>> it to a specific width."
>>
>> This worked, thanks!
>>  
>>
>> On Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:18:00 AM UTC-7 sie...@barebones.com 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 19 Aug 2021, at 13:16, David J wrote: 
>>>
>>> > Hello, 
>>> > 
>>> > I've got a bunch of files that were cleaned up so they are just text. 
>>> The 
>>> > text looks fine, except I can't for the life of me figure out how to 
>>> get it 
>>> > to fill up horizontal space so I can read them like a pdf/document. 
>>> I've 
>>> > played around with hard/soft wrap options for hours and the text still 
>>> > stays in a skinny horizontal format. Can someone give me a pointer how 
>>> to 
>>> > reformat the text (in bulk) so it fits the page width? 
>>>
>>> "Remove Line Breaks" on the Text menu ought to do the job. 
>>>
>>> R. 
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc. 
>>>   
>>>
>>> Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me. 
>>>
>>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[David J]

Quick additional questions:

If I have multiple files open, can I remove line breaks from them all at 
once? I've selected all open documents that are in the side tabs, but the 
remove line breaks option is greyed out. 

Is this something that I need to do some kind folder search/multi-file 
search and grep? They are all in the same folder.  I'm assuming the bulk 
edit operation to hard wrap text is similar to doing remove line breaks in 
bulk?

I've searched in the manual for bulk edit operation and the faq and I 
clearly must not know the correct wording for this. Thank you for any 
pointers

On Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:01:34 AM UTC-7 David J wrote:

> Oops, apparently learning Google groups too and sent a response to Rich 
> private. 
>
> "Better to keep this on the group. :-)
> Once it's unwrapped you can turn on Soft Wrap, or use Hard Wrap to reflow 
> it to a specific width."
>
> This worked, thanks!
>  
>
> On Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:18:00 AM UTC-7 sie...@barebones.com 
> wrote:
>
>> On 19 Aug 2021, at 13:16, David J wrote: 
>>
>> > Hello, 
>> > 
>> > I've got a bunch of files that were cleaned up so they are just text. 
>> The 
>> > text looks fine, except I can't for the life of me figure out how to 
>> get it 
>> > to fill up horizontal space so I can read them like a pdf/document. 
>> I've 
>> > played around with hard/soft wrap options for hours and the text still 
>> > stays in a skinny horizontal format. Can someone give me a pointer how 
>> to 
>> > reformat the text (in bulk) so it fits the page width? 
>>
>> "Remove Line Breaks" on the Text menu ought to do the job. 
>>
>> R. 
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc. 
>>   
>>
>> Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me. 
>>
>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[David J]

Oops, apparently learning Google groups too and sent a response to Rich 
private. 

"Better to keep this on the group. :-)
Once it's unwrapped you can turn on Soft Wrap, or use Hard Wrap to reflow 
it to a specific width."

This worked, thanks!
 

On Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:18:00 AM UTC-7 sie...@barebones.com 
wrote:

> On 19 Aug 2021, at 13:16, David J wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've got a bunch of files that were cleaned up so they are just text. The
> > text looks fine, except I can't for the life of me figure out how to get 
> it
> > to fill up horizontal space so I can read them like a pdf/document. I've
> > played around with hard/soft wrap options for hours and the text still
> > stays in a skinny horizontal format. Can someone give me a pointer how to
> > reformat the text (in bulk) so it fits the page width?
>
> "Remove Line Breaks" on the Text menu ought to do the job.
>
> R.
>
>
> -- 
> Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
>  
>
> Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.
>

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Re: How to format this text so it expands and fits page width?

[Rich Siegel]

On 19 Aug 2021, at 13:16, David J wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've got a bunch of files that were cleaned up so they are just text. The
> text looks fine, except I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it
> to fill up horizontal space so I can read them like a pdf/document. I've
> played around with hard/soft wrap options for hours and the text still
> stays in a skinny horizontal format. Can someone give me a pointer how to
> reformat the text (in bulk) so it fits the page width?

"Remove Line Breaks" on the Text menu ought to do the job.

R.


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