Re: basic textEdit question:
Re: basic textEdit question:
- Subject: Re: basic textEdit question:
- From: Neil Faiman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:58:03 -0500
On Mar 1, 2008, at 4:07 AM, Raphael Matto wrote:
hi appleScript folk,
I'm just getting started & am having the most basic problem:
How do I call an appleScript script from textEdit?
I'm assuming that you've developed the script in Script Editor, and
that you can use it by running it from Script Editor, and now you just
want to be able to run it easily while you're using TextEdit, without
having to start TextEdit.
First, save your script. User the "Script" file format (the default).
For the great majority of applications (including TextEdit) that don't
have a script menu of their own, the easiest way to run scripts is
with the systemwide script menu. This shows up as a black-and-white
scroll icon in the right side of the menu bar, along with all the
other menulets. If it isn't in your menu bar already, run "AppleScript
Utility.app" from /Applications/AppleScript . In the preference dialog
that appears, check "Show Script menu in menu bar".
Now all you have to do is to put your saved script in ~/Library/
Scripts. (If the Scripts folder doesn't already exist in your Library
folder, you'll have to create it.) Then you can just select your
script from the script menu at any time, and the system will run it
for you. (To edit a script in the script menu, select it while holding
down the option key, and it will open in Script Editor.)
For extra credit, you can have scripts that will only appear in the
script menu when a particular application is in front. Create a folder
named Applications in ~/Library/Scripts, and create a folder named
TextEdit inside it. Now put your script in ~/Library/Scripts/
Applications/TextEdit. When TextEdit is frontmost, your script will
show up in a section at the top of the script menu labeled "TextEdit
Scripts"; when TextEdit isn't frontmost, the "TextEdit Scripts" (and
your script in it) won't show up at all.
Regards,
Neil Faiman
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