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Re: Text Selection in Mail.app
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Re: Text Selection in Mail.app


  • Subject: Re: Text Selection in Mail.app
  • From: Walter Ian Kaye <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:26:21 -0800

At 02:10a -0500 01/14/2004, <email@hidden> didst inscribe upon an electronic papyrus:

tell application "Mail" to activate

tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Mail"
click menu item "Copy" of menu "Edit" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
delay 1
return the clipboard

BJ

Uhh... *without* touching the clipboard?


> > On Jan 13, 2004, at 6:54 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> > This one seems trivial, but still manages to elude me. How can I get
> > the selected text of the front window?
>
>On Jan 13, 2004, at 6:25 PM, Zachary Black wrote:
>
> This one seems trivial, but still manages to elude me. How can I get
> the selected text of the front window?
>
> Believe it or not, you can't. *sigh*
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