Re: How to get Balance Tags to include the tags
OK, with help from Roland Küffner and Christopher Stone, I've been able to
create the script I need. More on that in a bit.
There have been a number of suggestions that using find/replace with grep
should work. That only works well if there are no nested spans (with inner
spans that I want to keep ... i.e. spans with class attributes as opposed to
span elements with no attributes). And matching beginning and closing tags is
difficult in a nested element scenario. So, a script seems like the safest
approach.
So here is what I did. First, I started with the script from Roland that
selected the outer tags of a balanced tag selection. I'll repeat that original
script here:
tell application BBEdit
if (balance tags) then
set x to characterOffset of selection
set y to x + (length of selection)
inside tag start range (x - 2) end range (x - 2)
set tagLength to (end_offset of tag of result) - (start_offset
of tag of result)
set x to x - tagLength - 1
inside tag start range (y + 1) end range (y + 1)
set tagLength to (end_offset of tag of result) - (start_offset
of tag of result)
set y to y + tagLength
select characters x thru y of window 1
else
beep -- script beeps if it could not create an initial balance
end if
end tell
Then I modified it to remove the outer tags:
tell application BBEdit
if (balance tags) then
set x to characterOffset of selection
set y to x + (length of selection)
inside tag start range (x - 2) end range (x - 2)
set tagLength to (end_offset of tag of result) - (start_offset
of tag of result)
set xOpen to x - tagLength - 1
set lenOpen to tagLength
set yOpen to xOpen + lenOpen
inside tag start range (y + 1) end range (y + 1)
set tagLength to (end_offset of tag of result) - (start_offset
of tag of result)
set xClose to y
set lenClose to tagLength
set yClose to xClose + lenClose
-- set insertion point before character xClose
tell window 1 to select (characters xClose thru yClose)
tell window 1 to delete selection
tell window 1 to select (characters xOpen thru yOpen)
tell window 1 to delete selection
else
beep -- script beeps if it could not create an initial balance
end if
end tell
Then I made it specific to a span element:
tell application BBEdit
set origInsPt to characterOffset of selection
if (balance tags) then
set x to characterOffset of selection
set y to x + (length of selection)
inside tag start range (x - 2) end range (x - 2)
set t to tag of result
if (span is equal to name of t) then
set tagLength to (end_offset of t) - (start_offset of t)
set xOpen to x - tagLength - 1
set lenOpen to tagLength
set yOpen to xOpen + lenOpen
inside tag start range (y + 1) end range (y + 1)
set tagLength to (end_offset of tag of result) -
(start_offset of tag of result)
set xClose to y
set lenClose to tagLength
set yClose to xClose + lenClose
-- set insertion point before character xClose
tell window 1 to select (characters xClose thru yClose)
tell window 1 to delete selection
tell window 1 to select (characters xOpen thru yOpen)
tell window 1 to delete selection
else
tell window 1 to select (insertion point before
character origInsPt)
beep -- script beeps if it outer element is not span/
end if
else
beep -- script beeps if it could not create an initial balance
end if
end tell
Then I used a script from Chris to create the wrapper code to find an empty
span element and do some processing with it; I added a loop that repeated until
there were no more empty span elements remaining:
tell application BBEdit
set keepGoing to true
repeat while keepGoing = true
tell text of window 1
set fndRsltStart to find span options ¬
{search mode:grep, case sensitive:false,
starting at top:true} with selecting match
end tell
set keepGoing to found of fndRsltStart
if keepGoing = true then
set z to characterOffset of selection
Re: How to get Balance Tags to include the tags
Hi, Am 24.08.2011 um 24, 01:25 schrieb DaveHein: The problem I'm running into is that Balance Tags will select the innner HTML but not the span tags themselves. So if I put the cursor somewhere on or in spansome normal text here/span and did a Cmd- B, the some normal text here would be selected, but the opening span and closing /span would not be selected. I cannot see any way to get the tags that delimit the selected text to be selected as well. The following script does exactly what you want. I think this script was a result of a similar discussion on this list years ago. I didn't write it myself but unfortunately I do not know who's to be credited for it: tell application BBEdit if (balance tags) then set x to characterOffset of selection set y to x + (length of selection) inside tag start range (x - 2) end range (x - 2) set tagLength to (end_offset of tag of result) - (start_offset of tag of result) set x to x - tagLength - 1 inside tag start range (y + 1) end range (y + 1) set tagLength to (end_offset of tag of result) - (start_offset of tag of result) set y to y + tagLength select characters x thru y of window 1 else beep -- script beeps if it could not create an initial balance end if end tell happy balancing, Roland -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the BBEdit Talk discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en 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
Re: How to get Balance Tags to include the tags
Whoops: bit of a bug in that last one. If you weren't in a tag, or weren't in a span tag, it moves the insertion point. Also note that it will not re-select text if you had a selection. This one fixes the first bug, but not the second. *tell* *application* BBEdit *tell* *front* *window* *set* cursorPos *to* characterOffset *of* selection *balance tags* *set* startPos *to* characterOffset *of* selection *set* endPos *to* startPos + (length *of* selection) *select* (*characters* (startPos - 6) *thru* (endPos + 6)) *set* selectedText *to* selection *as* *text* *if* *characters* 1 *thru* 6 *of* selectedText *as* *text* *is* *equal to*span *then* *set* replaceText *to* *characters* startPos *thru* (endPos - 1) *as* *text* *set* selection *to* replaceText *select* *insertion point* *before* *character* (cursorPos - 6) *else* *select* *insertion point* *before* *character* (cursorPos) *end* *if* *end* *tell* *end* *tell* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the BBEdit Talk discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en 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
How to get Balance Tags to include the tags
I have a lot of HTML files that have do-nothing span blocks in them. I'd like to select all the text -- including the opening and closing tags -- and then strip HTML. Actually I'd like to just strip the opening and closing span tags, and leave what's inside them alone. The problem I'm running into is that Balance Tags will select the innner HTML but not the span tags themselves. So if I put the cursor somewhere on or in spansome normal text here/span and did a Cmd- B, the some normal text here would be selected, but the opening span and closing /span would not be selected. I cannot see any way to get the tags that delimit the selected text to be selected as well. Any ideas? NOTE: what I really want to do is just click on the opening span tag and have a command that will remove that tag (along with it's closing tag) ... leaving the inner text alone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the BBEdit Talk discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en 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
Re: How to get Balance Tags to include the tags
On Aug 23, 7:25 pm, DaveHein dhein.li...@freshthought.com wrote: I have a lot of HTML files that have do-nothing span blocks in them. I'd like to select all the text -- including the opening and closing tags -- and then strip HTML. Actually I'd like to just strip the opening and closing span tags, and leave what's inside them alone. Why not do a Grep search/replace? Search: span.*?(.*?)/span Replace: \1 -Prachi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the BBEdit Talk discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en 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
