Scripts

[Paul G]

Hey All.

Would anyone be up to writing a couple of basic scripts for me to use in BBEdit?

If so let me know price.

I just need a script to alphabetically sort lines within certain parameters inside a text doc and another to replace certain text within a text doc.

I know this may be simple but do not have knowledge or time to do this myself.

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers,

Paul

[MediaMouth]

On Jun 28, 2021, at 05:48, Paul G <pa...@profile-music.com> wrote:

Hey All.

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[Patrick Woolsey]

On 6/28/21 at 5:35 AM, pa...@profile-music.com (Paul G) wrote:

[...]

>I just need a script to alphabetically sort lines within
>certain parameters inside a text doc and another to replace
>certain text within a text doc.
>
>I know this may be simple but do not have knowledge or time to
>do this myself.

Since it may be that you don't even need script(s) but could
instead just create (one or a pair of) text factories, may I
suggest you provide an example of each task, along with a bit of
actual data?


Regards

Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/>

[Christopher Stone]

On 06/28/2021, at 04:35, Paul G <pa...@profile-music.com> wrote:

Would anyone be up to writing a couple of basic scripts for me to use in BBEdit?

If so let me know price.

I just need a script to alphabetically sort lines within certain parameters inside a text doc and another to replace certain text within a text doc.

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Hey Paul,

Replacing text with AppleScript is easy enough once you know how:

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# Auth: Christopher Stone

# dCre: 2021/06/28 21:28

# dMod: 2021/06/28 21:37

# Appl: BBEdit

# Task: Replace Either RegEx or Literal Text in the Designated BBEdit Window.

# Libs: None

# Osax: None

# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Replace, @RegEx, @Literal

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# Use "Front_Text_Window" to Target the Front Window.

# Otherwise use the Window Name as the targetWindow.

# REMEMBER - The backslash for RegEx metacharacters "\" must be escaped in AppleScript "\\".

# Verbose:

set matchStr to "Nyet\\s"

set replaceStr to "Da"

set targetWindow to "Front_Text_Window"

set grepFlag to {|regEx|:true}

bbeditReplaceMatchInTargetWindow(matchStr, replaceStr, targetWindow, grepFlag)

# Less Verbose:

# bbeditReplaceMatchInTargetWindow("Nyet\\s", "Da", "Front_Text_Window", {|regEx|:true})

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--» HANDLERS

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on bbeditReplaceMatchInTargetWindow(matchStr, replaceStr, targetWindow, grepFlag)

    

    tell application "BBEdit"

        if targetWindow = "Front_Text_Window" then

            set targetWindowRef to a reference to the front text window

        else

            set targetWindowRef to a reference to text window targetWindow

        end if

        

        if grepFlag's |regEx| = true then

            set searchModeType to grep

        else

            set searchModeType to literal

        end if

        

        # Case-Sensitive is OFF by Default – Switch on using (?-i)

        tell targetWindowRef's text

            replace matchStr using replaceStr options {search mode:searchModeType, starting at top:true}

        end tell

        

    end tell

    

end bbeditReplaceMatchInTargetWindow

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Sorting lines “within certain parameters” requires more explanation.  Please provide real world examples.

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Best Regards,

Chris