Edit a Safari <textarea> in BBEdit
Edit a Safari <textarea> in BBEdit
- Subject: Edit a Safari <textarea> in BBEdit
- From: Justin French <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:10:54 +1000
Hi all, VERY new to applescript, but I'm hoping it can help here.
I'd like a script (or more likely two scripts, one for Safari, and one
for BBEdit) which allow me to...
1. have safari open
2. trigger a script which copy the selected text of the front window's
currently selected textarea (or the entire textarea contents if no text
selected) to the clipboard
3. activate BBEdit, create a new document, paste the text from the
textarea in
4. edit by hand as required
5. trigger another script (or ideally, just hit "save") which copies
the text from BBEdit, activates Safari, and replaces the text in the
previously mentioned textarea
Even better than that would be a contextual menu plug-in for Safari,
but there doesn't seem to be any such beast, or even an API to write
one.
Before you say "would you like fries with that?", I *have* already done
some research, but something like...
set mySelection to (do JavaScript "getSelection()" in document 1) as
string
doesn't get selections from textareas, and I'd actually prefer not to
have to *select* the text by default.
I'm guessing what I need here is a greater understanding of JavaScript,
not applescript, but I'd be interested in any pointers along the way if
possible!
TIA
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Justin French
http://indent.com.au
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