[OS X TeX] Applescript in TS

[Claus Gerhardt]

-- Applescript direct

tell application "TeXShop"
	activate
	get path of document of window 1
	set fileName to result
end tell
do shell script "open -a " & "/Applications/Excalibur/Excalibur.app " & quoted form of fileName


On Nov 7, 2011, at 18:44, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> Claus,
> 
> The script does not recognize blanks in the file name. I gives the applescript error:
> 
> "The files /Users/themis/WorkStuff/Classes/ChE, /220/Homework/_hw-collection, and /[2011]/problem-dbase/ch7_mix_steam_1/problem.tex do not exist."
> 
> The script has broken the file name into three strings by cutting where the blanks are. The correct file name, as read by dropping the file on the terminal, is
> 
> /Users/themis/WorkStuff/Classes/ChE\ 220/Homework/_hw-collection\ \[2011\]/problem-dbase/ch7_mix_steam_1/problem.tex 
> 
> Is there easy easy fix for that?
> 
> Themis
> 
> 
> On Nov 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
> 
>> Use
>> 
>> -- Applescript direct
>> 
>> tell application "TeXShop"
>> 	activate
>> 	get path of document of window 1
>> 	set fileName to result
>> end tell
>> do shell script "open -a " & "/Applications/Excalibur/Excalibur.app " & fileName
>> 
>> and correct the path to Excalibur if necessary. 
>> 
>> Claus
>> 
>> 
> 
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