[OS X TeX] Damn Applescript!

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 28, 2005, at 4:36 AM, Stefan Walsen wrote:

>
> Well, yes, but... you don't really want to delete the selection, do  
> you?  you want to delete its *content*. Otherwise, the next time  
> you say
>  'set offset of selection of front document to (firstOccurrence -  
> 1)' (or something similar), AppleScript says 'What selection? You  
> mean the one you just deleted? That's gone.' ;)
>
> You could, of course, also say 'set content of selection of front  
> document to ""', or even 'set selection of front document to ""'.  
> Although I don't know why the last statement works. :)
>
> HTH,
> Stefan

Howdy,

Works wonders! Thank you! I still can't get my head around the syntax  
of Applescript but I'm sure glad there are those around here that can!

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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