Re: removing stuff between '<' and '>' ?

Many thanks

I'll try later today and let you know.

Learning Swype on Motrix
But still have problems with editing quoted text
Thanks again

John Markley <[email protected]> wrote:

>Quoting Voytek Eymont <[email protected]>:
>>
>> pToolSet
>>
>> the data is in a text field in 'Hours'
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> --
>> Voytek
>
>  OK Voytek, here it is.  There are several ways of accomplishing  
>this, and this very long pScript chain is I think one of the easiest.  
>
>It will work in any normal text field as long as you have pToolSet on, 
>
>and you have the text cursor flashing anywhere in the field, i.e. it  
>is an active text field.
>  Less than half of the total chain does the removal of  <blah blah>  
>as you requested.  The rest of it is safeguards to prevent undesired  
>consequences.  If you run it on some field or app that is not an  
>active text field it will do nothing.  If you run it on a text field  
>that has "<", but no ">", or vice versa, or neither of them it will  
>also do nothing.  It will only run when there is a < and a >.  This is 
>
>important since it eats up < and > and everything between, and if it  
>worked if only one or other were there it would eat the whole text  
>field.!
>  Since it is so long I suggest you copy and paste it into pScriptPad  
>rather than try to transcribe it by hand.  Hope this is what you need, 
>
>let me know.
>
>{cut<>::
>/*Abort if not text field*/
>/&specAct[5]
>/&varSet@[$2,$^]
>/&ifAbort@[$2==0]
>/&script$[@@cut<>0@@]}
>{cut<>0::/*Abort if no >*/
>/&specAct[8] >
>/xEpst f
>/&script$[@@no>1@@]}
>{no>1::
>/!/$f
>/&ifScript@Bf[$$==6742,@@no >@@]
>/&script$[@@cut<>1@@]}
>{no >::
>/&mess[@@no >@@]
>/xEpst  .
>/xEpet o}
>{cut<>1::
>/&mess[@@ok@@]
>/xEpet d
>/xEpet o
>/0x1D
>/&script$[@@cut<>1B@@]}
>{cut<>1B::
>/&specAct[8] <
>/xEpst f
>/xEpst d
>/&script$[@@cut<>1C@@]}
>{cut<>1C::
>/!/$f
>/&ifScript@Bf[$$==6742,@@no <@@]
>/&script$[@@cut<>2@@]}
>{cut<>2::
>/0x08
>/e@
>/&varSet@ [$1,$$]
>/&ifScript@Bf[$1!=62,@@cut<>3@@]
>/&ifScript@Bf[$1==62,@@cut<>4@@]}
>{cut<>3::
>/0x1D
>/0x08
>/&script$[@@cut<>2@@]}
>{cut<>4::
>/0x1D
>/0x08
>/&mess[@@DONE@@]}
>{no <::
>/&mess[@@no <@@]
>/xEpst  . }
>
>   regards,  John
>
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>Latest pedit/pToolSet/LapTopHack at
>http://www.osuweb.net/~pc/pca/pc_all.zip
>pedit/pToolSet/LapTopHack scripting info/resources at
>http://www.peditors.com
>Peditors Forum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peditors
>Unsubscribe by writing to peditors-unsubscribe-hHKSG33Tihh4sT85+ipIM4ckdKdSAMto@public.gmane.org!
>Groups Links
>
>
>
Voytek

---
Sent from my Motrix with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.


------------------------------------

Latest pedit/pToolSet/LapTopHack at http://www.osuweb.net/~pc/pca/pc_all.zip
pedit/pToolSet/LapTopHack scripting info/resources at http://www.peditors.com
Peditors Forum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peditors
Unsubscribe by writing to peditors-unsubscribe-hHKSG33Tihh4sT85+ipIM4ckdKdSAMto@public.gmane.org! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peditors/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peditors/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    [email protected] 
    [email protected]

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    [email protected]

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/