Trying to create an extension for bullets on/off

PopClip Extensions
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Hi all,

Just for fun, I tried to create a popclip extension that would add bullets if none and remove them if present.

I got the extension to load into popclip, but nothing happens when I click the extension. I have Python 3 installed on the Mac.

I’m also not sure how to create an icon instead of the title being displayed.

Plist

plist
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bullet.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
import os
import re

Get input (PopClip env OR stdin fallback)

text = os.environ.get(“POPCLIP_TEXT”)
if not text:
text = sys.stdin.read()

BULLET = “•”
USE_NUMBERS = False

lines = text.splitlines()

def is_bulleted(line):
return re.match(r’^\s*(?:[•-*]\s+|\d+.\s+)', line)

def strip_bullet(line):
return re.sub(r’^(\s*)(?:[•-*]|\d+.)\s+‘, r’\1’, line)

def add_bullet(line, index):
if not line.strip():
return line

indent = re.match(r'^(\s*)', line).group(1)
content = line.strip()

if USE_NUMBERS:
    return f"{indent}{index + 1}. {content}"
else:
    return f"{indent}{BULLET} {content}"

non_empty = [l for l in lines if l.strip()]
all_bulleted = all(is_bulleted(l) for l in non_empty)

result =

if all_bulleted:
for line in lines:
result.append(strip_bullet(line))
else:
counter = 0
for line in lines:
if line.strip():
result.append(add_bullet(line, counter))
counter += 1
else:
result.append(line)

print(“\n”.join(result))

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

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Hi Mike,

Awesome to be experimenting with extensions!

You are also using quite an old style of extension with the plist and the separate Python script in a package.
Because you posted it as quoted text rather than code, it was difficult for me to read the Python directly.
I won’t engage with the Python since I’m crap at Python anyway.
There is an easier and more modern way of doing things, which is to use a javascript snippet, which I’ll demonstrate below:

// #popclip
// name: Toggle Bullets
// icon: symbol:list.bullet
// requirements: [text, paste]
// language: javascript
// after: paste-result

const marker = /^(\s*)(?:[•*-]|\d+\.)\s+/;
const lines = popclip.input.text.split(/\r?\n/);
const nonBlank = lines.filter((line) => line.trim());

const removeBullets =
  nonBlank.length > 0 && nonBlank.every((line) => marker.test(line));

return lines
  .map((line) => {
    if (!line.trim()) return line;

    if (removeBullets) {
      return line.replace(marker, "$1");
    }

    if (marker.test(line)) {
      return line;
    }

    return line.replace(/^(\s*)/, "$1• ");
  })
  .join("\n");

(The above block is an extension snippet — select it then click “Install Extension” in PopClip.)

I can’t claim credit for the actual code above because I had Codex 5.5 write it. It’s a nice bit of code though!

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Thanks Nick for your incredible help. :grinning_face:

When I copied your extension above to a text file (Named “BulletList.popclipext”), popclip didn’t recognize it when I double clicked it, or single clicked it with “Open With”.

I got: “There is no application set to open the document “BulletList.popclipext”.”

Confusingly, however, the extension file does get the popclip icon.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks again,