On 2008-05-04 05:41:44 -0400, Fuddled <fuddled@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> Hi nice peoples
>
> I'm working in BBEdit, preparing academic documents to be browser-read,
> and I'd like to reproduce a script I have written for FileMaker Pro,
> which places tags round either side of a selection.
>
> e.g. if I want to markup a word/phrase for italics, in FileMaker I can
> easily write a script that copies
>
> selection
>
> and replaces it with
>
> <i>selection</i>
>
> Sole purpose: to do the job quicker than manually copy-pasting the
> front tag, then pasting the end tag, backing up 2 spaces and inserting
> the /. Time after time.
>
> Nothing fancy. I thought it would be simple to reproduce this tool in
> Applescript for use in BBEdit, but I'm stuck!! I've gone googling for
> help, and now I'm even more confused than I was before. I got some of
> it to work, but not the whole trick.
>
> Maybe I should buy a book, but the one I found in a library doesn't
> seem to provide help in this area. There doesn't seem to be any guide
> or whatever that suits my limited CODING expertise. Perhaps Applescript
> isn't designed for this sort of thing?
>
> So I'm simply asking you guys who DO understand:
>
> 1) can I do this? and how?
>
> AND
>
> 2) will a book like Applescript for Dummies cover this sort of thing?
>
> All this has sure made me feel like a dummy, and I hope some kind
> person has the patience to help me out.
>
> Thanks in (hopeful) anticipation.
Have you tried something like this?
--> Cut <--
tell application "BBEdit"
set selection to "<i>" & (get selection) & "</i>"
end tell
--> Cut <--
This works fine in TextWrangler which is almost identical to BBEdit
where scripting is concerned.
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