Whoops! Correction -- Re: Creating Text Notes From Safari Script
Whoops! Correction -- Re: Creating Text Notes From Safari Script
- Subject: Whoops! Correction -- Re: Creating Text Notes From Safari Script
- From: "Johnny AppleScript" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 08:17:35 -0700
Whoops! Uploaded an early script with ugly date stamping; here's the new
version:
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(* Safari doesn't appear to support an AppleScript command to Copy selected
text to the Clipboard, so this script relies on the user selecting only the
desired text, or using 'Select All' (Command-A), and then using 'Copy'
(Command-C) before executing this script.
Ideally, the user would use Keyboard Maestro, FruitMenu or Youpi Key (free)
to tell Safari to 'Copy' the selection and then execute this script.*)
global theDay, theMonth, theYear, theTime, theDateStamp, theName
(*Remember, you must first make your desired text selection in Safari...*)
get the clipboard
set theClipboard to the clipboard as text
(* See how big the file will be for naming purposes...*)
try
if the number of characters of theClipboard is less than 31 then
set theLimit to the number of characters
else if the number of characters of theClipboard is greater than 31 then
set theLimit to 31
end if
(* Large selections results in a 'stack overflow' error; simple error
handler here...*)
on error
set theLimit to 31
end try
(* Use this information to generate a file name...*)
set textString to characters 1 thru theLimit of theClipboard as string
(* Make sure the file name doesn't have any illegal characters... *)
set the textString to replaceCharsName(textString, "/", "-")
set the textString to replaceCharsName(textString, ":", ".")
on replaceCharsName(thisText, searchString, replacementString)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the searchString
set the itemList to every text item of thisText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacementString
set thisText to the itemList as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set theName to thisText as text
end replaceCharsName
(* To make sure the filename is unique, so it doesn't generate an error or
write appended information to an existing note, we're going to date-stamp
the file name... *)
set the dateString to ((the current date) as string)
set theYear to characters -13 thru -14 of dateString as text
set theMonth to characters -26 thru -28 of dateString as text
set theDay to characters -19 thru -20 of dateString as text
set theTime to characters -1 thru -12 of dateString as text
(*look for illegal characters in the time...*)
set theTime to replaceChars(theTime, ":", ".")
on replaceChars(thisText, searchString, replacementString)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the searchString
set the itemList to every text item of thisText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacementString
set thisText to the itemList as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set theTime to thisText as text
set theDateStamp to "'" & theYear & theMonth & theDay & theTime
end replaceChars
(*Now we take the file naming parameters to Safari... *)
tell application "Safari"
(* Gather some more information to stamp the note internally...*)
set theWindowName to the name of the front window
set theURL to the URL of the front document
(* Name the file here; yes, I know, ugly use of file name limits and
formatting; the point was to create file names that gave hints to the
content; the unique date was required to prevent duplication and
overwrites...*)
set theFile to theName & "... " & theDateStamp
(* Set the filepath to the Desktop of the current user; some people may
wish to modify this path to a specific folder; e.g., "Web Clippings"; alter
as desired. *)
set pathstring to ((path to desktop) as text) & theFile
(*Generate the final content and write the note...*)
set writeString to "Source: " & theURL & return & "Page Title: " &
theWindowName & return & "Date: " & (current date) & return & return & (the
clipboard)
set theNote to open for access file pathstring with write permission
write writeString to theNote
close access theNote
end tell
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