Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Christopher Stone
Hey Folks, Jeeze. It's been a long time since I seriously scripted BBEdit. In this case I want to prefix every line in the front document. This works fine: tell application BBEdit tell front text document set before first word of line 3 to • end tell end tell

Re: Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Semper Fidelis
Chris~ Why not use a simple grep to do it for you? This works for me: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Find: (^.+) Replace: •\1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cheers, ~Semper Fi, Mac! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:44 PM,

Re: Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Jan Pieter Kunst
Or why not use the Text - Prefix/Suffix Lines menu item? 2009/10/30, Semper Fidelis semper.fide...@mac.com: Chris~ Why not use a simple grep to do it for you? This works for me: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Find: (^.+) Replace: •\1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Semper Fidelis
Agreed -- that's an even simpler solution I overlooked. ~Semper Fi, Mac! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = On Oct 30, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Jan Pieter Kunst wrote: Or why not use the Text - Prefix/Suffix Lines menu item? snip../snip

Re: Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Christopher Stone
Hey Guys, On Oct 30, 2009, at 10:12, Semper Fidelis wrote: Why not use a simple grep to do it for you? This works for me: I did mention that possibility, and this can be easily scripted as well. On Oct 30, 2009, at 01:44, Christopher Stone wrote: And you can loop through or do a find/replace

Re: Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Semper Fidelis
Get the Camel Book from O'Reilly (the publisher). I've forgotten the actual (real) title of the Camel Book, but if you go to the O'Reilly web site and search for Perl, you'll come up with several good choices. --Sent from the iPhone of Semper Fidelis On Oct 30, 2009, at 13:42, Christopher

Re: Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 02:39:08PM -0700, Semper Fidelis wrote: Get the Camel Book from O'Reilly (the publisher). I've forgotten the actual (real) title of the Camel Book, but if you go to the O'Reilly web site and search for Perl, you'll come up with several good choices. The actual

Re: Scripting Line Prefix

2009-10-30 Thread Doug McNutt
At 17:41 -0400 10/30/09, Ronald J Kimball wrote: The actual title of the Camel Book is Programming Perl. At 15:42 -0500 10/30/09, Christopher Stone wrote: On the Perl topic does anyone have recommendations for online resources and books for a rank beginner? There is also a smaller O'Reilly