'Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatted Text (category Developers Tools)'

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Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatt... - Bob Zawalich, 22 Oct 05:06PM
     Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit For... - Bob Zawalich, 22 Oct 05:22PM
         Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit For... - Bob Zawalich, 18 Feb 11:53PM
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Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatted Text (category Developers Tools)
Posted by Bob Zawalich - 22 Oct 05:06PM (edited 22 Oct 05:18PM)
New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatted Text (category Developers Tools)

This plugin displays the formatted text string for the first selected Text or System Text object. It does not process Lyrics. If the text is very long it will be split into multiple edit boxes, which will be joined together before being used to update the selected text object.

You can make changes to the text, and update the Text object with the updated text, but this plugin will not validate the changes you make. Use it carefully and at your own risk. You might use it on a copy of the text you want to change.

Valid formatting wildcards can be found in the ManuScript Language Reference in the section Expressions_string. Editing formatted text is similar to editing HTML code. This plugin lets you change formatted text when you cannot do it directly by pasting a formatted string into a Text object.

A PDF file explaining how to use the plugin is included in the zip file.

This plugin is dedicated to Robin Walker.


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Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatted Text (category Developers Tools)
Posted by Bob Zawalich - 22 Oct 05:22PM
Tip: given how easy it is to mess things up with a tool like this, I find that making a copy of text you want to edit, and then editing the copy is a good idea. Replace the original with the copy when you are satisfied.

Copy the formatted text string into a separate text editor , work on it, then paste it back into the plugin dialog when you are ready to update. That way, if it goes awry, you have something to modify instead of needing to start from scratch.

Once you get used to the process, you can remove the training wheels. Or not.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatted Text (category Developers Tools)
Posted by Bob Zawalich - 18 Feb 11:53PM
Updated to version 01.07.00. Added a help dialog containing the formatting keywords, including a copyable list box.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatted Text (category Developers Tools)
Posted by Mike Lyons - 19 Feb 09:04AM (edited 19 Feb 03:39PM)
How bloody unhelpful is this! (Image)

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Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit Formatt... - Bob Zawalich, 22 Oct 05:06PM
     Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit For... - Bob Zawalich, 22 Oct 05:22PM
         Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit For... - Bob Zawalich, 18 Feb 11:53PM
             Re: Sib. 6.x: New downloadable plugin: Edit For... - Mike Lyons, 19 Feb 09:04AM