Can I append text to a list?

rmathes · Post by **rmathes** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:31 pm

I have a RTF document that is formatted as a bulleted list. I can use LaunchBar to append text to the document but it does not insert it into the list so that the new text now is a separate line with its own bullet, but instead as un-bulleted text below the list.

Is there any way to append it directly into the list? I’m guessing no but never hurts to ask.

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ludwigschubert · Post by **ludwigschubert** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:36 pm

You'll have to use a custom Applescript for that – show me the script you're using now, and we'll likely be able to find a way to modify it.

rmathes · Post by **rmathes** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:08 am

not sure what you mean by which script I'm using. I’m using LaunchBar’s ‘append text’ functionality.

I search for the file, find it, hit shift/space to go into ‘append text’ mode, type my text, hit enter, done.

ludwigschubert · Post by **ludwigschubert** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:56 am

Ah, yes. Hm. Sorry, I should've thought of that built-in feature.

I don't think we can trick the "append text" function in LaunchBar to do that by itself.

If you just want to use this feature on a single file however – say, a todo list – I can write a script that appends a bulleted line to that specific file only. So you'd search for the script, say "New Todo", hit spacebar and type your text.

That's a nice exercise as it seems to be way more complicated than it looks… I took a glance at a RTF document and the syntax for a list item looks like

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\f0\fs24 \cf0 {\listtext   \'95   }Test\

rmathes · Post by **rmathes** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:51 pm

thank you for your reply, Ludwig. For now I'm settling for adding the text without the bullets and simply adjusting the formatting/line spacing of the document to create sufficient space to make the list readable. Not a huge deal but would’ve been nice.

Thanks again.