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<P>message from TeXworks user</P>
<P><FONT size=2>I am very new to Lua as no doubt the following will confirm, but
I have been able to hobble this together from the Tutorials and chm help and
other Lua Wiki resources.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Share it in case it inspires any one else...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>(Also wondering, does TW object expose any more properties or
methods please?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Paul</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>--[[TeXworksScript<BR>Title: Sentance Case<BR>Description: Puts
Selection into Sentance Case beware of Proper Names being lowercased<BR>Author:
Paul A Norman From gleanings in Lua chm help Lua 5.1 Reference Manual, wiki, and
tutorials<BR>Version: 0.4<BR>Date: 2009-09-02<BR>Script-Type:
standalone<BR>]]<BR>-- Sentance Case</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> txt = TW.getSelectedText()</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> txt = string.lower(txt) -- normlaise case beware of Proper
Names being lowercased</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> txt = txt:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1") -- trims spaces from
front and, back - is impnt for checking for period dot (uk fullstop)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> txt = " " .. txt:gsub("^%l", string.upper) -- puts
first letter into capital adds space to front</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> i = string.len(txt)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> rr = txt:sub(i)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> if rr ~= "." then txt = txt .. "." end</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> txt = txt .. " " -- adds space to end to avoid
collissions, LaTeX doesn't worry about extra spaces if we over do it</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> TW.replaceSelectedText(txt)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>----------------</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>--[[TeXworksScript<BR>Title: Trim<BR>Description: Trims
Selection<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Author: Paul A Norman From gleanings in Lua chm
help Lua 5.1 Reference Manual, wiki, and tutorials<BR>Version: 0.1<BR>Date:
2009-09-02<BR>Script-Type: standalone<BR>]]<BR>-- Trim blanks from front and
back</FONT></P><FONT size=2>
<P><BR> txt = TW.getSelectedText()</P>
<P> txt = txt:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1")</P>
<P> TW.replaceSelectedText(txt)</P>
<P>------------------</P>
<P>--[[TeXworksScript<BR>Title: Title Case<BR>Description: Puts Selection into
Title Case<BR>Author: Paul A Norman From gleanings in Lua chm help Lua 5.1
Reference Manual, wiki, and tutorials<BR>Version: 0.1<BR>Date:
2009-09-02<BR>Script-Type: standalone<BR>]]<BR>--Change an entire string to
Title Case (i.e. capitalise the first letter of each word)</P>
<P>local function tchelper(first, rest)<BR> return
first:upper()..rest:lower()<BR>end<BR>-- Add extra characters to the pattern if
you need to. _ and ' are<BR>-- found in the middle of identifiers and
English words.<BR>-- We must also put %w_' into [%w_'] to make it handle normal
stuff<BR>-- and extra stuff the same.<BR>-- This also turns hex numbers into,
eg. 0Xa7d4</P>
<P> txt = TW.getSelectedText()</P>
<P> txt = string.lower(txt)</P>
<P> txt = txt:gsub("(%a)([%w_']*)", tchelper)</P>
<P> TW.replaceSelectedText(txt)<BR><BR>-----------------------</P>
<P>--[[TeXworksScript<BR>Title: Date Time<BR>Description: Puts Date Time
in<BR>Author: Paul A Norman From gleanings in Lua chm help Lua 5.1 Reference
Manual, wiki, and tutorials<BR>Version: 0.1<BR>Date: 2009-09-02<BR>Script-Type:
standalone<BR>]]</P>
<P>-- txt = TW.getSelectedText()</P>
<P> TW.replaceSelectedText(os.date())</P>
<P>--------------------------</P>
<P>--[[TeXworksScript<BR>Title: Lowercase<BR>Description: Puts Selection into
Lowercase<BR>Author: Paul A Norman From gleanings in Lua chm help Lua 5.1
Reference Manual, wiki, and tutorials<BR>Version: 0.1<BR>Date:
2009-09-02<BR>Script-Type: standalone<BR>]]</P>
<P> txt = TW.getSelectedText()</P>
<P> txt = string.lower(txt)</P>
<P> TW.replaceSelectedText(txt)<BR><BR>-----------------------</P>
<P>--[[TeXworksScript<BR>Title: Uppercase<BR>Description: Puts Selection into
Uppercase<BR>Author: Paul A Norman From gleanings in Lua chm help Lua 5.1
Reference Manual, wiki, and tutorials<BR>Version: 0.1<BR>Date:
2009-09-02<BR>Script-Type: standalone<BR>]]</P>
<P> txt = TW.getSelectedText()</P>
<P> txt = string.upper(txt)</P>
<P> TW.replaceSelectedText(txt)<BR></P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>