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Why does the "Open in Marked" service open TextEdit?

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Chris Lawrence

20 Sep, 2011 08:05 AM

I can't really tell if this is a bug or not, but whenever I use the Open in Marked service from any editor it also opens TextEdit. I've had a quick look through the Automator workflow and I can really figure out a reason for this.

It's only slightly annoying, but I'm curious as to what is happening or if anyone else experiences the same thing.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Brett on 20 Sep, 2011 10:42 AM

   

   Hi Chris,

   Have you downloaded the latest version? It was a bug in the upload prior to the latest, but shouldn't be happening now.

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2. 2 Posted by Chris Lawrence on 20 Sep, 2011 11:27 AM

   

   I just re-downloaded from here and it is definitely still happening.

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3. 3 Posted by Chris Lawrence on 20 Sep, 2011 11:35 AM

   

   Woops, link didn't embed: http://support.markedapp.com/kb/how-to-tips-and-tricks/marked-bonus...

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Brett on 20 Sep, 2011 12:18 PM

   

   The "Open Current File in Marked" service found here?

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5. 5 Posted by Chris Lawrence on 20 Sep, 2011 12:26 PM

   

   Yeah, woops my link didn't embed, but that is the one I downloaded. I just redownloaded and installed and it's still happening.

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Brett on 20 Sep, 2011 12:31 PM

   

   Did you delete the previous version before installing the new one? In your title you reference "Open in Marked," which is not the service that's included in that pack. "Open Current File in Marked" is, and I can verify that the bug is not in that file (just downloaded and checked).

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7. 7 Posted by Chris Lawrence on 20 Sep, 2011 02:24 PM

   

   I am definitely using the most current version of "Open Current File in Marked". I just deleted the old Service, restarted, and copied the new one in and I'm still getting TextEdit opening.

   Here is the AppleScript in the service:

   -- Open in Marked
   -- Attempts to open the currently-edited document in Marked for previewing
   -- By Brett Terpstra <http://brettterpstra.com>
   -- for Marked <http://markedapp.com>
   -- Based on ideas by Lri <https://gist.github.com/1077745>
   -- with contributions from Donald Curtis <https://github.com/milkypostman>

   on run {}
   tell application "System Events"
   set frontApp to (name of first process whose frontmost is true)
   end tell
   tell application frontApp to activate
   set f to false
   set flist to {}
   
   --Marked (if Marked is foreground, hide Marked and end script)
   if frontApp is "Marked" then
   tell application "System Events" to set visible of process "Marked" to false
   return
   --Notational Velocity/nvALT
   else if frontApp is "Finder" then
   tell application "Finder" to set flist to (get selection)
   -- Emacs?
   else if frontApp is "Emacs" then
   set emacsclient to false
   tell application "Finder"
   if exists POSIX file "/usr/local/bin/emacsclient" then
   set emacsclient to "/usr/local/bin/emacsclient"
   end if
   end tell
   if emacsclient is not false then
   set f to do shell script emacsclient & " -e '(first (delete nil (mapcar (function buffer-file-name) (buffer-list))))' | sed 's/^\"//' | sed 's/\"$//'" as string
   if f is not "nil" then
   set f to f as POSIX file as alias
   else
   set f to false
   end if
   end if
   --Byword (open current document)
   else if frontApp is "Byword" then
   tell application frontApp to set f to file of document of window 1 as alias
   else if frontApp is "TextEdit" then
   tell application "TextEdit" to set f to path of document of window 1 as POSIX file
   else
   tell application "System Events"
   tell process frontApp
   try
   set isScriptable to has scripting terminology
   on error
   set isScriptable to false
   end try
   end tell
   end tell
   if isScriptable then
   try
   tell application frontApp to set f to POSIX file (path of document 1 of window 1) as alias
   end try
   if f is false then
   try
   tell application frontApp to set f to POSIX file (path of first document) as alias
   end try
   end if
   if f is false then
   try
   tell application frontApp to set f to POSIX file (text 17 thru -1 of (get URL of document 1)) as alias -- BBEdit
   end try
   end if
   end if
   end if
   
   if f is false and flist is not {} then
   tell application "Marked"
   activate
   repeat with afile in flist
   open (afile as alias)
   end repeat
   end tell
   else if f is not false then
   tell application "Marked"
   activate
   open f
   end tell
   end if
   end run

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8. Support Staff 8 Posted by Brett on 20 Sep, 2011 02:55 PM

   

   I'm honestly not sure why this would be happening. It was a bug (stupid mistake) that I left in the first version I released, but it's since been fixed. I've tested locally and have reviewed the script you just posted for mistakes, and both seem to check out fine... if you can find anything else that might be overriding the service in the Service Menu, but I doubt that's the case. Are you triggering the Service manually or via a shortcut?

   Do you have something like FastScripts where you could pull the AppleScript out, assign a shortcut key to it and trigger it to see if you get the same result? Or even just run it from AppleScript Editor and see if TextEdit opens?

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9. 9 Posted by Chris Lawrence on 21 Sep, 2011 11:10 AM

   

   I'm really sorry, I have wasted way too much of your time on this. I have just started using the Applescript instead with a Quicksilver trigger and it works exactly the same. I'm assuming there's something janky going on with my system.

   Thanks,
   Chris

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10. Brett closed this discussion on 21 Sep, 2011 08:41 PM.