Why doesn't the first script work, but the second one does?

PopClip
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I want to replace line breaks in text, so I wrote the following code using Apple Script, why the first script doesn’t work, but the second one does. The difference between the two scripts is that the first one uses “{popclip text}”, while the second one uses the clipboard directly.

  1. Here’s the first script.
on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
    set the item_list to every text item of this_text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
    set this_text to the item_list as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return this_text
end replace_chars

set the popclip_text to "{popclip text}"
set the updated_text to my replace_chars(popclip_text, return, " ")

tell application "Bob"
	launch
	translate updated_text
end tell
  1. Here’s the second script.
tell application "System Events"
	keystroke "c" using {command down}
	delay 1
end tell

on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
	set the item_list to every text item of this_text
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
	set this_text to the item_list as string
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
	return this_text
end replace_chars

set the clipboard_content to get the clipboard as text
set the updated_content to my replace_chars(clipboard_content, return, " ")
set the clipboard to updated_content

tell application "Bob"
	launch
	translate (the clipboard)
end tell
2

I’m curious when you say the second one doesn’t work what actually happens? error message? does it work in Script Editor?

3

The second script works.
The first script doesn’t work. It doesn’t give any hints, it doesn’t respond when you click on it. Because the first script takes a parameter like this: “{popclip text}”
But if I apply it like this, it will run.

tell application "Bob"
	launch
	translate  "{popclip text}"
end tell
4

Sorry, I misread which one works.

If you post the full extension including the config I will take a look.

5

Here is a link

6

Can you see my link? it’s a reply above

7

I have another question, why is it always “copy” on the top of the cursor, I tried to adjust the position of the other plugins, but the cursor always has the “copy” option?

8

That’s just how it is designed. When Copy is present, the bar always aligns Copy with the pointer.

9

I downloaded it. The one with “doesn’t work” seems to work for me. At least, it launched the Bob application.