Given that you are comparing two parts of the same document, I updates the scripts so they will work between a document's *window *and the same document's *Additional Window.* https://gist.github.com/mixio/7c03838a95c3cf86cfd78827bf7121d5
Open your source document as an Additional Window and select another part of the document. As far as the two selections don't overlap, this should work. HTH On Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 10:58:35 AM UTC+1 Bruce Van Allen wrote: > 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/64d69649-8e81-432d-a2d7-a0dfa40a25edn%40googlegroups.com.
