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- 2020-08-26 13:54:30
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: Runaway Macro
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2680
Re: Runaway Macro
Here is the source of the runaway macro. It must contain a bug, but I don't know Perl much. How can I fix it? #Nisus Macro Block #source front selection #destination front selection #End Nisus Macro Block use strict; binmode(STDIN, ":utf8"); binmode(STDOUT, ":utf8"); my $text; while (my $line = <STD...
- 2020-08-26 13:51:28
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: Runaway Macro
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2680
Runaway Macro
I just executed a macro from the Macro menu. It has been running for nearly an hour!In the status bar at the bottom of the screen, I see this: "Running Macro 'Form Paragraphs.pl'". I am unable to run any other macros. If I try, a dialog comes up asking if I want to continue the running macro or stop...
- 2018-09-10 10:52:55
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
- Topic: Book on Nisus Writer Pro
- Replies: 26
- Views: 26892
Re: Book on Nisus Writer Pro
I'm upset to see that this thread's last post was in 2012! I hope the idea has not died. I know you must be extremely busy now, having taken over the "Take Control" empire entirely. :P I have been using Nisus Writer Pro now for several years, and write probably about a dozen pages in it every week. ...
- 2018-09-10 10:42:41
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
- Topic: Book on Nisus Writer Pro
- Replies: 26
- Views: 26892
Re: Book on Nisus Writer Pro
That may be the best computer book I have encountered, and it really made my life better. Yes, "The Nisus Way" is one of those books Agreed! I was really bummed when Nisus took so long to migrate to OSX in any meaningful way, and lamented the disconnect with the OS 9 version that meant your book di...
- 2017-06-02 15:05:30
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: How to match a footnote reference number
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7471
Re: How to match a footnote reference number
Again, thanks, Philip. You continue to offer me extremely useful and helpful examples. To explain my needs a bit more clearly: Yes, I am trying to determine the reference for a short section of selected text in a larger document. Think of the Bible. Suppose I did a search on the words, "For God so l...
- 2017-05-31 18:17:49
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: How to match a footnote reference number
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7471
Re: How to match a footnote reference number
Philip, thanks for the tip. I'll try it out. I don't know if I can describe in full what I'm trying to do; it's complex. An overview: I have a book-length document that is divided as follows: Chapters<Sections<Paragraphs<Sentences. The chapters are numbered with Arabic numbers; the sections with Rom...
- 2017-05-29 21:09:21
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: How to match a footnote reference number
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7471
How to match a footnote reference number
I have a Powerfind Pro macro that includes code to match all text up to a certain string. This works fine unless there is a footnote reference in the text, at which time the match fails. If I delete the footnote reference (and footnote itself, of course), the match succeeds. Is there any way to incl...
- 2017-05-26 21:01:59
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: Searching backward from a selection
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5630
Re: Searching backward from a selection
That helped tremendously! I'm well on the way to doing what I want. I've already expanded on the macro with two additional searches, including one with a named subtext in the found string...That was a pleasant find in the macro manual, which isn't exactly an easy read!
- 2017-05-23 15:30:41
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: Searching backward from a selection
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5630
Re: Searching backward from a selection
Thanks so very much, Philip! I will definitely give this a shot as soon as I can. Your example helps so much to point me in the right direction...
- 2017-05-21 15:32:59
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
- Topic: Searching backward from a selection
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5630
Searching backward from a selection
First, me: I am fair-to-middling in AppleScript (although not scripting Nisus Writer Pro), and a total neophyte with Nisus macros. I have a rather complex AppleScript I've been using in BBEdit that I am attempting to replicate in Nisus Writer Pro. I've begun using AppleScript, and have gotten to thi...
- 2014-10-11 00:16:29
- Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
- Topic: NW for iPad?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 139639
Re: NW for iPad?

- 2005-10-11 08:25:02
- Forum: Nisus Writer Express
- Topic: Automating file saves by type
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5923
More of same
I'm quite disappointed that no one from Nisus has chimed in with a solution, a partial solution, or at least a "Sorry, no way to do that yet." Of course, Anne, I know about saving to PDF via the Print dialog. The File menu "Save as PDF" just avoids the step of having to select the PDF popup in the P...
- 2005-10-08 12:19:18
- Forum: Nisus Writer Express
- Topic: Automating file saves by type
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5923
More info
I've discovered I can at least cause NWE to save as PDF by using the "Do Menu Macro" command and giving it the string "Save as PDF". The drawback is that I cannot give an argument such as the name of the file or the folder to use in saving, so the dialog box appears asking for a file name and locati...
- 2005-10-08 10:26:36
- Forum: Nisus Writer Express
- Topic: converting straight to curly quotes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6181
Make it a feature request
If there really is no way to "educate quotes" and "stupify quotes" in NWE, it has to be a feature request! I can't believe this isn't included. Text Wrangler is free, but one should not need a second app for such things. (Text Soap and Tex-Edit Plus are other options for an alternative; but again, i...
- 2005-10-08 10:16:05
- Forum: Nisus Writer Express
- Topic: Automating file saves by type
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5923
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