Chris, If I may ask one more question. I promise, my last.
As I said, everything works great. I can get to the scratchpad no matter what I'm doing, and quickly. I was curious though. Something like Simplenote has a preference for a shortcut key. If I'm in Safari and press f11 Simplenote appears. I can then press f11 and its gone, with the focus returned to Safari (I don't have to re-click safari or switch back to it). Is something like that possible with applescript and keyboard maestro or is that beyond their capabilities? cheers, gary On Aug 27, 10:52 pm, gary <garyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris, > > Thanks for all the info and help. The global Scratchpad is what I > want. In fact, this works much better for me now that I realize each > project has it's own Scratchpad. I'd rather keep them separate. If I > have something on a global Scratchpad I want to use in a Project I'll > just copy it over. > > The only thing I'm really curious about is why the document called up > by the apple script doesn't have a .txt extension. But as long is > doesn't cause problems I'll just ask no questions :) > > Again, thanks for your help and patience. I really do appreciate it. > > cheers, > gary > > On Aug 27, 8:21 pm, Christopher Stone <listmeis...@thestoneforge.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey Gary, > > > Thanks for taking the time to suss this out. > > > On Aug 27, 2011, at 18:15, gary wrote: > > > > The Scratchpad file that is called up when I use Keyboard Maestro lives > > > here: > > > /library/application support/bbedit > > > Right. There lives the global Scratchpad file. > > > > There is one strange thing about it. It doesn't show an extension, but > > > info says it's a text file. I can see what I've written on it with quick > > > view. However, if I click on it to open it the apple script editor opens > > > it. I get an error that says "a identifier can't go after this > > > identifier". > > > Don't worry about that. It IS odd that it would be associated with the > > Applescript Editor on your machine rather than TextEdit but not terribly. > > > You can change it in the Finder if you want to. > > > The error is caused by the Applescript Editor trying to compile it into > > Applescript. > > > > I have two projects, and when I click "show package contents" they both > > > have a Scratchpad file inside. Each maintains it's own info. And unlike > > > the global scratchpad in application support, they do show a .txt > > > extension, and when clicked, are opened by bbedit. > > > Okay. I had noticed the 'Scratchpad' and 'Unix Worksheet' items associated > > with the project, but I never access them in the file pane and didn't > > realize they were part of the project rather than the global files. > > > Learn something new and all that... > > > > And secondly, should I be concerned that the global Scratchpad in bbedit > > > application support shows no extension, and is set to be opened with the > > > apple script editor? > > > No. > > > > I thought this might simply be because the file was created with an apple > > > script > > > The file is not created with Applescript. The script simply calls the > > global Scratchpad window. > > > > and I also thought I could just go to info and change what the file is > > > associated with from the apple script editor to bbedit, but I thought I > > > might screw something up. > > > This should not cause any problems. > > > -- > > > From the BBEdit 10 Release Notes: > > > ◦ There's a new command on the Window menu: "Show Unix Worksheet". This > > will open a worksheet document that is application-wide, and backed by a > > worksheet file saved in your Application Support/BBEdit folder. Like the > > Scratchpad, changes here are saved automatically. > > > There's also a "Unix worksheet window" application property available to > > the scripting interface. > > > (* Repeated for the Scratchpad) > > > -- > > > ◦ Project windows grow a couple of new lists: > > ◦ Recently Used: Shows documents recently opened into this project's window. > > ◦ Scratchpad & Worksheet: Every project document carries its own scratch > > pad and worksheet document. This is shared for all users of the project, so > > if you wish you can use the scratchpad to make notes for other users; or > > store handy commands in the worksheet. > > ◦ These can be collapsed or hidden, if desired. > > > -- > > > NOW - Back to your original issue: > > > Are you wanting to open the GLOBAL Scratchpad or the one LOCAL to your > > project file? > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. 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