Greetings
Is it possible to create a TextSoap extension which does not go to the menu of TextSoap cleaners but instead activates a specific cleaner?
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I think so indeed, something like:
#popclip
name: TextSoap Single Action
title: ts
after: paste-result
applescript: |
tell application "textsoapAgent"
return cleanText "{popclip text}" with "Remove Extra Spaces"
end tell
EDIT: Doesn’t work … not sure why yet…
EDIT2: Oops, forgot the |. Works now.
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Perfect - thank you @nick
That is really useful particularly given how many TextSoap cleaners exist and especially how easy TextSoap makes it to create a custom cleaner.
PopCip and TextSoap are truly greater than the individual parts when used together. You might want to each do a bit of soft advertising for the other on your websites.
@rkaplan — I haven’t tried making a custom cleaner for TextSoap. Is there a dead simple tutorial I could follow somewhere?
No coding needed at all so yes it is dead simple. Just choose “Customize” for your category of cleaners and it has a whole bunch of options for you to choose from.
If you get a bit more advanced, you can assemble these as block into a “Macro” via their GUI.
Beyond that you can use a MacOS Automator action as part of a TextSoap cleaner.
If you are familiar with Regular Expressions to some extent (lots of tutorials available on the web) I think the implementation in TextSoap is a bit easier than some of the other methods to do that with PopClip.
