Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-30 Thread Alex Hall
es@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 20:55 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit > > You'd assign it to a commander, at least that's the easiest way I can think >

RE: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-30 Thread george b
Where do I find the talking dashboard, please From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 20:55 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-30 Thread Alex Hall
Be advised that your message appears blank. > On Mar 30, 2015, at 5:42 AM, Charlie Doremus wrote: > > > > Aloha, > Charlie > > > > On Mar 29, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore > wrote: > >> Hello, >> How would you run this script from within textEdit? Would you a

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-30 Thread Charlie Doremus
Aloha, Charlie > On Mar 29, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hello, > How would you run this script from within textEdit? Would you assign it to a > hot key? > Chris >> On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >> It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-29 Thread Alex Hall
You'd assign it to a commander, at least that's the easiest way I can think of. You'll also need the Talking Dashboard scripts, since that zip file contains the utilities this one uses. > On Mar 29, 2015, at 7:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hello, > How would you run this script from within text

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-29 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, How would you run this script from within textEdit? Would you assign it to a hot key? Chris > On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the next version. > > In the meantime, here's the script. Just copy the below lines, ope

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
All you have to do is Google or Bing it and it will come right up. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in > On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:11 PM, May wro

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-27 Thread Alex Hall
I'm glad it works. :) Anyone else can use it too, so long as you have Talking Dashboard: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17005121/talking%20dashboard.zip Again, this script will be in the next update to that, but it will work right now if you paste the code into Script Editor and save the fi

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-27 Thread Jamie Pauls
Hi, Alex, This script works like a charm. Thanks a million. Take care and have a great day. Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com > On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > (* Keywords: > $wordCount: the number of words in the currently open document in TextEdit > $characterCount: the nu

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-27 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
hi; i know we shouldn't have to do it this way. but here is the website i use to get a word count. i copy the text from text edit into the enter field and click go and it gives me the word count right away. hope this helps, max http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/countwords.shtml On Mar

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-27 Thread May
And what widget is that? May and LD Luna Moon! www.canadianlynx.ca > On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > I have a wigit that I can use to give me a word count in Text Edit if I > wanted it to. > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > > Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wir

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I have a wigit that I can use to give me a word count in Text Edit if I wanted it to. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in > On Mar 27, 2015,

Re: Looking for a Script to Give a Word Count in TextEdit

2015-03-27 Thread Alex Hall
It's not, but you have a great point. I'll add that to the next version. In the meantime, here's the script. Just copy the below lines, open up Script Editor, paste, and save the script in the same place as the other Talking Dashboard ones. It's not tested very much--I wrote it in about fifteen