[texworks] a script question

[Pavol Severa]

Thanks a lot for your answer
I have still one question
if the text is
...something something someword<here-is-cursor>
how can I get the position of the first character of "someword"?
Should I simply take the big string TW.target.text and let the script
detect the word in front of the cursor (by whatever means available in
the scripting language)? Or is there an API command doing it?
(I know a bit of lua scripting from scite, and there similar things
are done through API - that's why I'm asking)
Best regards, P.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pavol,
>
> Ok you've got a few options. I'll focus on TeXworks here and its
> scripting api and not underlying Qt framework options that might also
> work.
>
> As the user has to do something anyway ...
>
> If you tell the user to write their word and then double click it, you
> have it selected already.
>
> Following your approach ...
>
> When you say the in front of the cursor that is describing the
> situation where the user has just written a word and the cursor is now
> at the end of that word?
>
>  envname<cursor>
>
> If you are guaranteeing that there is a space before  envname  then
> have a look at some rough documentation for the Tw scripting that we
> use, its very much a draft and  incomplete as yet, but may help
> getting you and anyone else going  ... (note for any references to
> TW.app.system see the section
> http://twscript.paulanorman.com/docs/html/files/systemQString.html)
>
> Looking at http://twscript.paulanorman.com/docs/index.html
> (downloadable copies) and
> in particularly on line web version at
> http://twscript.paulanorman.com/docs/html/TexWorksQtScripting.htm
>
> "Check out script basics" and subsections, and "Script Authoring" and
> subsections
>
>  And here is a script for setting up  new scripts that might help ...
>
>    http://code.google.com/p/texworks/issues/detail?id=261#c41
>
>    Download:--
>    http://texworks.googlecode.com/issues/attachment?aid=-852821199693380206&name=makeScript_031.zip&token=1ce8d47ca3d174d36c17d9d7071ac160
>
> For your project ...
>
> In the script information on line web version at
> http://twscript.paulanorman.com/docs/html/TexWorksQtScripting.htm open
> up the section  "Tw Api functions and  properties" (click + symbol -
> sorry this should be obvious)
>
> Open up the section TW
>
> Text stuff is mostly handled by "target" which represents the current
> Tw document.
>
> Open up the section "target"
> Open up the section "text"
>
> Tw itself provides direct methods (distinct form the Qt framework) for
> reporting and handling the cursor position and making selections.
>
> Then look at the entries with "select" as part of their name.
>
> In QtScript (JavaScript) store the current cursor position (at the end
> of the just typed envname).
>
>  var endOfEnvName = TW.target.selectionStart;
>
> Use the selection functions to move the selection point back setting a
> range of 1
>
> TW.target.selectRange(int, int)  where the first integer is the
> absolute position form the start of the document, and the second
> integer is the length you want here 1 , then you can obtain that from
> script as TW.target.selection and see if it is a space " ".
>
> Then select your envanme text using TW.target.selectRange(int, int) again.
>
> I am sure you can work out the rest .. using
> TW.target.insertText(AString) once you have selected and processed in
> script  the envname.
>
> Positioning the cursor in the middle? ... just in script reckon the
> number of characters back from where the inserted text ends that you
> want the cursor to end up and use TW.target.selectRange(int) notice
> only the absolute position is required here.
>
> However there might be an easier way ...
>
> Using a short-cut key combo, start the script asking for some input
> form the user getting the environment name they want.
>
> This can be done by using a prompt type box...
>
> Open up the section  "Tw Api functions and  properties" / TW / get User Input
> then click on Tw.getText(QWidget*,QString,QString)
>
> This can obtain the environment name directly from the user, and then
> you can construct your string and use  TW.target.insertText(AString)
> to insert it where the cursor is (it would replace any selected text
> as well), then the calculated use of TW.target.selectionStart; and
> TW.target.selectRange(int) to get into the middle of the environement.
>
> You could also look at using the TwApi file read and write functions
> to store the unique environment names the user uses over time and
> present them in an editable drop-down box for selection or writing a
> new one (and so storing it as well)
>
> Open up the section  "Tw Api functions and  properties" / TW / File Functions
> Open up the section  "Tw Api functions and  properties" / TW / get User Input
> then click on   Tw.getItem get List Choice
>
> Any way please do get back to the list if you have any other questions
> and please do post any script you make on
> http://code.google.com/p/texworks/issues/detail?id=261 for other to
> use if you want to.
>
> Paul
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> On 29 March 2011 22:16, Pavol Severa <pavol.severa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> sorry
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>>> if xcvb is the word right between the cursor
>>
>> I wanted to say "in front of the cursor"
>>
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