Calling Applescript in an external file

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#1

Hi Nick
This new feature of creating extensions has changed my workflows in big way, wondering if you would consider

  1. limit of 30 extensions ( I use contextual extensions based on app or workflow), 30 is not enough :innocent
  2. A way of calling complied applescript which are in folder (cud be dropBox or iCloud)

Its a request, plz consider
Thank you

#2

(1)

You can increase the extensions limit by pasting the following command in Terminal (99 is just an example):

defaults write com.pilotmoon.popclip MaxNumberOfExtensions -int 99

then Quit and restart PopClip.

(2)

A way of calling complied applescript which are in folder (cud be dropBox or iCloud)

Not sure what you mean by this. Can you describe it in more detail?

Edit: I think this is what you mean:

# popclip
name: External AppleScript
icon: A
applescript: |
  set myScriptPath to ((path to home folder as text) & "Dropbox:Hello.scpt")
  set myScript to load script file myScriptPath
  run myScript
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#3

Thanks Nick, very helpful, this works perfect.

I want to pass the selected text to the complied script, saved on desktop as “TextEditNew.scpt”

-- example .applescript file with placeholder strings:
tell application "TextEdit"
 activate
 set theDocument to make new document
 set text of theDocument to ("{popclip text} - Clipped from {popclip browser url}")
end tell

On wiki, says → need a .json file to call script, and pass parameters
wondering with “Extension Snippets” how can v pass parameters in above script as “{popclip text}”
or to a named Handler in the Script (as below)
Thank you

on newDocument(theText, theUrl) --this is a handler
  tell application "TextEdit"
    activate
    set theDocument to make new document
    set text of theDocument to (theText & " - Clipped from " & theUrl)
  end tell
end newDocument
#4

To do it with a snippet, you would have to do indirectly like this (because a snippet can’t reference an AppleScript file directly):

# popclip
name: External AppleScript Handler
icon: Ax
applescript: |
  set myScript to load script file ((path to desktop folder as text) & "TextEditNew.scpt")
  myScript's newDocument("{popclip text}", "{popclip url})

(I got this from macos - How to call a specific subroutine of an AppleScript from another AppleScript? - Ask Different)