Script Debugger 8. Does it have find/replace in selection?

[danieldlds]

I am searching through the menus. There are options to put the selection in either the find or replace fields of the search and replace toolbar.
But what I want is to replace for example the name of a variable inside a block of selected text ?

Can you help me find it ?

Thanks,
Regards

[peavine]

@danieldlds

But what I want is to replace for example the name of a variable inside a block of selected text ?

I don’t believe Script Debugger has that capability. I’ve written scripts that will do what you want, and they can be found here. Some of these scripts work with AppleScript’s dialogs, and others use free dialog programs. A screenshot of a version that uses the open-source swiftDialog:

FWIW, Dirk’s script in post 4 is a good starting point. I prefer the later scripts because they add options that I use a lot.

[Dirk]

I prefer this version because it does not require any external components:

Search and Replace in Script Debugger

I revised the script in post 16 to remove an unnecessary error handler and to cleanup the code a bit. I did not alter db123’s dialog handler, which works great as written. -- Revised 2022.02.28 on main() tell application "Script Debugger" to tell document 1 set selectedText to selection set {c1, c2} to character range of selection end tell if c2 = 0 then -- select entire script if no selection display dialog "A text selection was not found" buttons {"Cancel", "Select All"} cancel bu…