Text Filter for BBEdit 11 to reformat ("pretty print") XML using `tidy`

[TJ Luoma]

I have made a Text Filter for BBEdit which uses `tidy` to reformat XML.

It does not attempt to do anything other than clean it up.

You can find it at:

https://github.com/tjluoma/text-filters/raw/master/Tidy-XML.sh

It should also be easy to change any `tidy` argument that you wish to
use differently.

I am by no means a `tidy` expert, I have just found that these
settings work for me. I would welcome suggestions for possible
improvements.

(See https://github.com/tjluoma/text-filters if you need help figuring
out how to install Text Filters for BBEdit)

TjL

[Michael Carlson]

Thank you for this tip!

I was relying on tidy for years in BBEdit to troubleshoot xml files i send and receive in other programs. When it went away I did some grep search/replace to breakdown the one-line file to something a bit easier to read, but it wasn't satisfying. 

I found your fix and it fits perfectly with my workflow.

Thanks,

Mike

[Rich F]

Hi there.  I modified your script (thank you) for HTML, and I can't seem to get it loaded into BBEdit.

I've left it as Tidy_HTML.sh and did the chmod 755 * yet it doesn't show up.  BBEdit need a restart?  Am I doing something wrong?

Cheers

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:24:31 AM UTC-5, TJ Luoma wrote:

I have made a Text Filter for BBEdit which uses `tidy` to reformat XML.

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[Rich F]

Never mind.  I found the problem.  

On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:24:31 AM UTC-5, TJ Luoma wrote:

[shlepper]

Thank you very much for this very nice stuff.

Hans