[TxMt] Re: Paste as

[Matt Neuburg]

> On May 10, 2015, at 6:13 AM, Rasmus Malver <rasmus at malver.dk> wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody!
> 
> I'm trying to make an enhanced paste-function which evaluates the text pasted into a blank textmate document, and assigns the document's language accordingly.
> 
> Is there a non-AppleScript way of assigning language? It is very lacking in text examination, so it would be much less clumsy in, say, bash.
> 
> I know I can use this.:
> keystroke "h" using {control down, option down, shift down}
> keystroke "1"
> 
> To set the syntax as HTML by “faking” the keyboard shortcut.
> 

Write it in your favorite scripting language (bash, ruby, whatever) and use `osascript` to fake the keyboard shortcut just as you have it. m.

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