[TxMt] Interprocess communication with TextMate -- selecting text in frontmost window

[Todd Ditchendorf]

> Do you know the path to the document? if so, you could use a tm- 
> file:// URI with the path to the document and specify the line  
> there (I forget the syntax for that, but I'd imagine it's in the  
> manual).

I'll check this out... sounds very promising. thanks!

> If you don't know the path to the frontmost document, then why are  
> you trying to select a given line in it?

I do.



> On Jan 23, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Todd Ditchendorf wrote:
>
>> Can anyone advise on how best to do interprocess communication  
>> with TextMate:
>>
>> I'd like to be able to write a script (or whatever) that will tell  
>> TextMate to select a particular line in the front most document.
>>
>> AppleScript would be the perfect fit here, but I get the feeling  
>> this isn't possible with TextMate's current scriptability. Am I  
>> wrong?
>>
>> Any other ideas on how to achieve this effect?
>
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