If I want to _replace_ the contents of the current file, NOT create a separate document, I thought this would be what I needed to do as a Text Filter
/Users/luomat/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Text Filters/html2text is /#!/bin/zsh -f # # # From: Timothy J. Luoma # Mail: luomat at gmail dot com # Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2016 12:23 NAME="$0:t:r" if [ -e "$HOME/.path" ] then source "$HOME/.path" else PATH=/usr/local/scripts:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin fi /usr/local/bin/html2text "$BB_DOC_PATH" exit 0 # #EOF But it does nothing. -- TJ Luoma TJ @ MacStories <http://www.macstories.net/author/tjluoma/> Personal Website: luo.ma <http://luo.ma/> (aka RhymesWithDiploma.com <http://rhymeswithdiploma.com/>) Twitter: @tjluoma <http://twitter.com/tjluoma> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Brian Christiansen <bria...@gmail.com> wrote: > Patrick, > > Thanks for the reply, I appreciate your suggestions. Unfortunately, > neither of those options are within my current skill set, nor do I have > time to level them up; I am no scripter. I am a little surprised no one > else in our community was using this script, as I thought it was fairly > popular amongst the Markdown crowd, especially since it doesn't need > anything setup on your Mac to run, except for having Python installed, as > OS X has by default. You just drop the .py into the Text Filters folder, > and the magic happens. Maybe my reply will bump this thread so someone > familiar with this can offer how they've worked around it. If > not, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and thanks for all the fish. > > Best, > ~brian > > > > On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 5:10:11 PM UTC-4, Patrick Woolsey wrote: > >> Though I haven't used this particular tool before, I would like >> to offer the following general observation: >> >> Please keep in mind that a text filter does not _have_ to be a >> single executable file -- you can also symlink a binary, or use >> an AppleScript, shell, or Unix code (Perl/Python/Ruby/etc) >> `wrapper` to invoke _any_ desired executable -- and the only >> hard requirement is that a text filter must accept input and >> provide output as documented in the manual: >> >> [from "Text Filters" on pg. 35] >> >> When you apply such an item, BBEdit will pass either the >> selected text >> (if any) or the contents of the entire document on STDIN to Unix >> executables and filters, as a reference to a 'RunFromBBEdit' >> entry point >> in AppleScripts, as text input to Automator workflows, and >> as a source >> to text factories. (An AppleScript script intended for use >> as a text >> filter must have a 'RunFromBBEdit' handler.) >> >> AppleScript scripts and Automator workflows should return a >> string which >> BBEdit will use to replace the selection range, Unix filters should >> write to STDOUT, and the text emitted by a text factory will >> replace the >> selection range. >> >> So, you should be able to just install the latest 'html2.txt.py' >> as its directions indicate, and then create a suitable wrapper >> to employ this tool as a text filter. >> >> >> As an alternate approach, you could create a 'Scripts' menu >> script to target the current (unedited) document's file via the >> BB_DOC_PATH environment variable, then convert its contents and >> e.g. automatically create a Markdown 'counterpart' file. >> >> >> In closing, I hope this helps explain the options BBEdit offers >> you (and anyone else inclined :) at least well enough to give >> them a try. :-) >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Patrick Woolsey >> == >> Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/> >> >> >> >> On 4/11/16 at 3:00 PM, bri...@gmail.com (Brian Christiansen) wrote: >> >> >For years, I used Aaron Swartz's (RIP) html2.txt.py to convert >> >HTML docs to -- wait for it -- text. When working, it did a >> >wonderful job leaving you with clean Markdown-formatted output, >> >even if supplied with Google Docs' excuse for HTML export as >> >its input. >> > >> ><https://github.com/html2text/html2text.py> >> > >> >At some point, this stopped functioning as a text filter. I'm >> >not sure if it was a change to BBEdit or to OS X. It was >> >probably a while ago because I tried it, it failed with an >> >error, and I left it. Now, I have something it may be useful >> >for, but the forks of the python script *appear* to have >> >complexified it in a manner that it's not a single file I can >> >just drop into the Text Filters folder of BBEdit. >> > >> ><https://github.com/Alir3z4/html2text/> >> > >> >(please correct me if I'm wrong on that one) >> > >> >Does anyone have this functioning on BBEdit 11.5.1 and OS X 10.11.4? >> > >> >Does anyone have a worthy replacement? (Converts HTML > >> >Markdown-formatted plain text) I am aware of the the `Markup > >> >Utilities > Translate HTML to Text…` feature of BBEdit, but >> >unfortunately, it is not as capable. (I'd love to see the >> >BBEdit crew bulk this up based on Aaron's work!) >> > >> >Thanks kindly, >> > >> >~brian >> >briandigital.com | @briandigital >> >> -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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