Trapping the commankeydown message is the easiest way to automate quoting. Rather than altering the script field behavior, I'd recommend using a front script. Just make sure you pass the keys you're not using!
On Aug 21, 2016, 6:37 AM -0500, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Do as monty suggested and hilite the chunk you want to quote and click the > button. Though it just popped into my head.. If you're on a mac, and click > a button while text is selected.. does it de-select the chunk? I seem to > remember something like this in the past, but am not at my mac right now so > I can't try it. On windows, just shoving the code into a button and then > clicking it while text is selected is working fine. > > I'll poke around on mac and get it working there once i'm more awake. > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Roger Guay <i...@mac.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Jacque, Monty, Peter and Mike. > > > > Mike, I tried a similar script in plugin, but I don’t know how to make it > > interact with the Script Editor. What am I missing? > > > > > > > > > On Aug 20, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I like this idea, so I made a quick and dirty method. > > > > > > Made a button with this.. > > > on mouseUp > > > put the selectedtext into tText > > > if the first char of tText is not quote then put quote before tText > > > if the last char of tText is not quote then put quote after tText > > > put tText into the selectedchunk > > > end mouseUp > > > > > > Did the extra rigamarole for those times when I get one of the quotes in > > > but forgot the other. If there is already a quote at either end of the > > > selection, no quote is added to that end. Should be easy to turn it into > > a > > > plugin, and assign a key combination to do the quote insert. Thanks for > > the > > > idea. > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Monte Goulding <mo...@appisle.net > > wrote: > > > > > > > Wouldn't it be better if typing quote when you have more than an > > insertion > > > > point quoted around the selection? > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > On 21 Aug 2016, at 12:38 PM, Roger Guay <i...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If one could double-click a word in the script editor and then simply > > > > click a button to put it in quotes? Has anyone already done this? Yes, I > > > > know I can do Find and Replace, but this would definitely be the cat’s > > meow! > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode