Thanks Chris, the second script works as advertised. It is a tad bit
slower than the first one. I haven't gotten around to running it as a
compiled script but I will soon. Thanks again. Been using it every
day.
Philippe, I'm guessing what you're saying is that script simply uses
what keyboard maestro gives you. I haven't yet figured out how that
needs to be used (I'm still learning how to use keyboard maestro), but
when I do I'll give it a try :)
cheers,
gary
On Aug 29, 2:08 pm, Philippe Martin <f...@macrobyte.net> wrote:
> Why using Keyboard Maestro if you do it all in AppleScript? :)
>
> It's very easy to do in "pure KM":
>
> - If condition met execute action
> all of the following are true
> the front window
> title is
> "Scratchpad"
> execute the following actions:
> - type the cmd-w keystroke
> - use variable "FrontApp"
> to set the front application by name
> otherwise execute the following actions
> - set variable "FrontApp"
> to %CurrentApplication%
> - activate BBEdit.app
> - pause until condition met
> all of the following are true
> a menu
> with this name
> Show Scratchpad
> is enabled
> - select a menu item
> in BBEdit.app
> Menu title "Window"
> Menu item "Show Scratchpad"
>
> Assign it a hot key and you're done.
>
> All the best,
>
> Philippe
>
> On 29 août 2011, at 07:19, Christopher Stone wrote:
>
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> > On Aug 28, 2011, at 18:33, Christopher Stone wrote:
> >> I'm sort of ticked with the irregularities, so I'll probably rewrite the
> >> script tomorrow.
>
> > ______________________________________________________________________
>
> > Hey Gary,
>
> > Okay. This script bypasses all but BBEdit and Keyboard Maestro. It runs a
> > trifle faster if you run it as a compiled script rather than as text.
>
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Chris
>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > ## OPEN BBEDIT SCRATCHPAD ##
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > on openScratchpad()
> > tell application "BBEdit"
> > open scratchpad window
> > activate
> > set index of window "Scratchpad" to 1 # Workaround for hidden apps
> > issue.
> > end tell
> > end openScratchpad
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > ## RESTORE NAMED APPLICATION ##
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > on kmRestoreApp()
> > tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
> > do script "<dict>
> > <key>Action</key>
> > <string>SetApplicationByNameMatches</string>
> > <key>IsActive</key>
> > <true/>
> > <key>IsDisclosed</key>
> > <true/>
> > <key>MacroActionType</key>
> > <string>UseVariable</string>
> > <key>Variable</key>
> > <string>restoreAppKM</string>
> > </dict>"
> > set value of variable "restoreAppKM" to "FALSE"
> > end tell
> > end kmRestoreApp
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > try
> > tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
> > set currentApp to process tokens "%CurrentApplication%"
> > try
> > set restoreApp to value of variable "restoreAppKM"
> > on error
> > make new variable with properties {name:"restoreAppKM", value:"FALSE"}
> > end try
> > if currentApp ≠ "BBEdit" then
> > set value of variable "restoreAppKM" to currentApp
> > openScratchpad() of me
> > else if currentApp = "BBEdit" then
> > if value of variable "restoreAppKM" = "FALSE" then
> > openScratchpad() of me
> > else
> > kmRestoreApp() of me
> > end if
> > end if
> > end tell
> > on error errMsg number errNum
> > set sep to "=============================="
> > set e to sep & return & "Error: " & errMsg & return & sep & return ¬
> > & "Error Number: " & errNum & return & sep
> > beep
> > tell application "System Events" to display dialog e
> > end try
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
>
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