![]() ![]() This allows you to use LaunchBar’s extra features for JavaScript, which are not available in JXA or AppleScript. ![]() This episode goes beyond the basics and includes are. (LB’s JS function runWithString does not work in JXA, only in regular JavaScript.)įor more complex Actions I would write the main script in JavaScript (.js) and delegate the automation tasks to sub-scripts written in AppleScript or JXA (.scpt). In this episode we cover popular application launcher, LaunchBar. It gives you all the information about how to connect the script to LaunchBar’s input/output.įor the functions in JXA you have to use the AppleScript function names, like handle_string in the above script. If you write more LaunchBar Actions then you really should read through the LaunchBar Developer Documentation. If you choose JavaScript the file type (extension) will not change. If you open Script Editor you will notice that you can choose from AppleScript and JavaScript: Maybe it helps to see JXA (JavaScript for Automation) as an improved variant of AppleScript. With JXA, it’s not that you can, it’s rather that you have to, as far as I know. I noticed that the script for sending tasks from mutt to taskpaper could be tweaked to send tasks from Launchbar. It surprised me that I can run a javascript in “AppleScript” type That is, when creating the script from within LB’s Action Editor choose “AppleScript” as script type.Īnd set the Action to require an argument and to accept a string argument, like this: Since this is JXA you have to save it as. Var TaskPaper = Application('TaskPaper') Supports JavaScript, AppleScript, Ruby, Python, PHP and several other scripting languages. You were just missing the function that takes the input from LaunchBar: // LaunchBar Action Script Scriptable Actions Extend LaunchBar’s functionality by writing your own actions. Inbox.appendChildren(items, inbox.firstChild) Var items = serializeItems(options.text, outline, ItemSerializer.TEXTMimeType) Var inbox = outline.evaluateItemPath("//Inbox:") Return a single item that describes the argument LaunchBar.alert('No argument was passed to the action') Inform the user that there was no argument Here is my script and the error message: // LaunchBar Action Script So I write a javascript for LaunchBar, it works in Script Editor but alert me that “can’t find variable Application” when I run it in LaunchBar. If possible, the task should appear at the bottom of project “Inbox”. ![]() LaunchBar is my primary launcher, so I wanna add task into TaskPaper via LaunchBar. ![]()
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