> On Sep 26, 2022, at 08:22, Lionel <att...@free.fr> wrote:
>
> AppleScript is not really a friend of regex ;-) You have to test the text to
> transform with BBEdit and then translate it into AppleScript string to
> incorporate it into the script.
>
> And sometimes it doesn't work, for example with \x20{6} supposed to replace
> six spaces. Is there a way to enter in AppleScript the same plain text used
> in BBEdit, with a tell statement for exemple ?
Hey Lionel,
I suppose you could look at it that way. I know I cussed and carried on about
having to manage quoting strings in AppleScript strings for a while. I even had
a routine that did all the work on the clipboard with a regex osax way back in
the day.
Then I bought Script Debugger <https://latenightsw.com/> which has a built-in
command for pasting-quoted, and I never looked back.
Keep in mind that the back-slash is a reserved character in AppleScript and as
such must be escaped to be used as a literal.
tell application "BBEdit"
tell front text window's text
replace "\\x20{6}" using "••••••" options {search mode:grep, case
sensitive:false, starting at top:true}
end tell
end tell
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Best Regards,
Chris
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