Meant to also say: I know - hard coding a path, ew! One alternative if you have a BBEdit Project involving multiple files you’ll be working on for a while - I have a bunch of those - you could install a project's own two compare docs in the project, and the script could reference then via the current Project, rather than hard-coding their paths. OTOH, hard-coding on your regular work machine where this need will arise is not necessarily evil. And the location could be fairly universal, such as in the /Users/Shared/ directory.
> On Dec 8, 2024, at 1:48 AM, Bruce Van Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > One more improvement would be to permanently dedicate two files for this use. > Locate them in some safe place - not temp files - named so you’ll remember > not to accidentally delete later, e.g., “CompareDoc1” & “CompareDoc2”. Then > hard-code them with paths in your script. Eliminates all the steps related to > creating files. The script can overwrite the previous comparison’s text > fragments each time it’s called, or maybe just close the files without > saving, leaving the files on disk always blank. > > HTH, > >> On Dec 7, 2024, at 6:55 PM, Jim Leff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Rick, thanks, but I got ChatGPT to create the script for me. Here it is. It >> requests the two snippets and transfers them to docs on desktop (and opens >> desktop folder so you can delete them), then opens Find Differences with the >> snippets properly selected (stealing from JJ's work!). >> >> It runs well but requires BBEdit's Command Line Tools and some permissions >> tweaks: >> > > — Bruce > > _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_ > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: > <https://mastodon.social/@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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/6DA0A5D7-8E0D-4FE0-804B-E62FC8E536DE%40cruzio.com. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/EFBB90CC-43AF-48E6-BAB5-3EFA62CD9CDE%40cruzio.com.
