Simple textmate applescripting question ([TxMt] TermMate bug)

[William Scott]

Oh great, thanks.

Here is a shell script (or zsh function) to change the directory (and/or 
optionally the Finder window) to the directory corresponding to the 
frontmost TextMate document.

http://xanana.ucsc.edu/Library/init/zsh/local-functions/darwin/cdt

I'll do the inverse when I get my kid to go back to sleep.

Bill



On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> To get the full path of the first document, you can run:
>
>    osascript -e 'tell app "TextMate" to return path of first document'
>
> I reckon it is easier to call dirname on that, than to try and make 
> AppleScript split it up. E.g.:
>
>    dirname "$(osascript -e 'tell app "TextMate" to return path of first 
> document')"
>
>
>
> On 31. Oct 2006, at 19:45, William Scott wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill:
>> 
>> I was hoping for something similar when I wrote to the mailing list a 
>> couple of months ago.  If $TM_DIRECTORY could be made available to the 
>> outside world via applescript, morons like me could make use of this.
>> 
>> If he does let you hack on it, I'd be grateful for this functionality too.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> PS:  What I have in mind is something similar to Gary Kerbaugh's 
>> Terimal/iTerm -- Finder interaction osa/shell scripts:  http:// 
>> xanana.ucsc.edu/xtal/terminal_finder_interactions.html
>> 
>> 
>> William G. Scott
>> 
>> contact info:  http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: William Scott <wgscott at chemistry.ucsc.edu>
>>> Date: August 12, 2006 8:02:30 PM PDT
>>> To: textmate at lists.macromates.com
>>> Subject: Simple textmate applescripting question
>>> Reply-To: wgscott at chemistry.ucsc.edu
>>> 
>>> Hi:
>>> 
>>> I am trying to write a simple osascript command-line utility that acquires 
>>> the directory of the file displayed in the frontmost TextMate editor 
>>> window, and am having trouble.
>>> 
>>> I've been trying to use applescript syntax such as this:
>>> 
>>> osascript<< END
>>> tell application "TextMate"
>>> 	activate
>>> 	do shell script "echo $TM_DIRECTORY"
>>> end tell
>>> END
>>> 
>>> but the variable $TM_DIRECTORY is apparently empty.
>>> 
>>> Is there another way to accomplish this, with or without applescripting? 
>>> (I'd prefer a less pathological scripting language.)
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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