Re: Re: Extract Function command for ActionScript

On 15/4/2006, at 10:30, Benjamin Jackson wrote:

> [...] Seriously, I could in theory do this, but to get the same  
> effect I'd have to copy the text to the clipboard, then select all,  
> then run the command, and I'd have to change the command to use  
> TM_CLIPBOARD_TEXT instead of TM_SELECTED_TEXT. I may get around to  
> it at some point, but unless this feature gets pushed to 2.0, I can  
> wait for a more elegant solution.

Officially 1.5.x is only a bug-fix branch and will not see any new  
functionality (yes, it happens, but there are no _plans_.) So don’t  
hold your breath for this to appear in 1.5.x.

As for how to go about this, I attached a bundle with a macro and a  
script, the macro does:

  1) replace all in selection, adding 0xFFFC as the first/last  
character (this is the unicode object replacement character, so I’d  
be surprised if your script already have such characters)
  2) select all
  3) call transform.rb with input set to document and output to  
insert as snippet

The transform.rb script then reads stdin, does a split on 0xFFFC  
(resulting in an array with the before/selection/after), snippet- 
escapes each of the 3 parts, and then inserts a snippet which puts  
 >>> and <<< around the selection, but leaves those added characters  
unselected, when replacing the document.

So it should be straight-forward to add your desired functionality to  
transform.rb.