Set selection point to next line in AppleScript

[Rainer Krug]

I have the following AppleScript to execute het selected text in R and return the focus to BBEdit:

tell application "BBEdit"

set the_selection to (selection of front window as string)

if (the_selection) is "" then

try

set the_selection to line (get startLine of selection) of front window as string

on error

display dialog "The active window must be an editor window, with a file opened. You want to run something in R? Well, tell me what!" with icon note buttons {"Got it!"} default button 1

error number -128

end try

end if

end tell

tell application "R"

cmd the_selection

end tell

tell application "System Events"

tell process "BBEdit"

set frontmost to true

end tell

end tell

Now I would like to set the cursor in BBEDit to the next line after the selected text ore line it is in.

an I do this?

Thanks,

Rainer

[Christopher Stone]

On Aug 05, 2021, at 05:15, Rainer Krug <Rai...@krugs.de> wrote:

I have the following AppleScript to execute het selected text in R and return the focus to BBEdit:

...

Now I would like to set the cursor in BBEDit to the next line after the selected text ore line it is in.

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Hey Rainer,

You can do something like this.

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Best Regards,

Chris

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tell application "BBEdit"

    

    set startLineNum to startLine of selection

    set selectedText to selection's contents

    

    if selectedText is "" then

        try

            set selectedText to contents of line startLineNum of front document

        on error

            display dialog "The active window must be an editor window, with a file opened. You want to run something in R? Well, tell me what!" with icon note buttons {"Got it!"} default button 1

            error number -128

        end try

    end if

    

end tell

tell application "R"

    cmd the_selection

end tell

tell application "BBEdit"

    activate

    tell front document

        try

            select insertion point before line (startLineNum + 1)

        on error

            select insertion point after line startLineNum

        end try

    end tell

end tell

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[Rainer Krug]

Perfect. Thanks.

[Rainer Krug]

Replied to fast. 

I changed `startLine of selection` to `endLine of selection` and now it moves to the next line after the selection.

Thanks,

Rainer