I am a big fan of Rob's scripts, and they have made many things simpler for my workflow. I need a little bit of help on one of them.
The OF/DTPO Project Notes in OO3 works very well on my Mavericks system. However, I would like to use plain text. I am not able to upgrade OO3 to OO4 to fix the lack of Quick Look of .oo3and which therefore makes DTTG useless to view the linked project plans.
The script includes an option for FoldingText, but I would like to use TextMate 1. Is this something I could change easily?
I have attempted to modify the script to allow TextMate. On the code below I get "Error Number:Can't get <<class rURL>> of missing value. -1728"
Any help would be appreciated!
Code:
property pblnJustFolder : false
property pblnUseSyncAsRoot : false
property pblnPreferFTToOmniOO3 : true
-- Robin Trew
-- ver .204 June 19 2011
-- ver .205 [corrects a bug in which a newly created folder was not immediately displayed]
-- ver .206 [unifies the folder and notes scripts, differing only by value of
-- the property pblnJustFolder at the top of the script]
-- Aug 22 2011
-- Ver .208 Still defaults to the DT Database named in pstrDTDB (below)
-- but can use different DT databases for different OF folders
-- (will use the first existing DT database whose POSIX path is found in the note of an enclosing OmniFocus folder
-- [a script for editing OF folder notes can be found at
-- http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=21942]
-- ver .211 Sep 12 2011
-- Adds option, above - top of script, to make the Sync group the root of all new folders
-- Ver .214 Nov 19 2012 Uses www.FoldingText.com rather than OO3 if pblnPreferFTToOmniOO3=true
-- Disclaimer
-- This is just a rough draft of something which I have sketched for my own personal use,
-- and which is provided purely as an illustration of possible approaches to coding.
-- You are free to adapt and reuse any part of it, without any warranties, implied
-- or explicit, as to its behaviour or suitability for use
-- IF property pblnJustFolder : **false** (see top of script)
-- CREATES/OPENS A PROJECT NOTES FILE (STORED IN DEVONthink 2) FOR THE SELECTED OMNIFOCUS PROJECT.
-- 1. The project notes file is an OmniOutliner 3 document stored in DEVONthink 2 folder
-- 2. The Devonthink record contains a hyperlink back to the OmniFocus project
-- 2. The script ensures that a DT hyperlink to the document in DevonThink is placed in the note field of the project
-- 3. In the absence of a link to existing notes in DevonThink,
-- the script will seek or create the 003 file in a DevonThink folder which matches
-- the folder path of the project in OmniFocus
-- (and add the hyperlinks from project to notes, and from folder and notes to project)
-- OR - IF property pblnJustFolder : **true** (see top of script)
-- JUST CREATES/OPENS A PROJECT MATERIALS FOLDER (IN DEVONthink 2)
-- FOR THE SELECTED OMNIFOCUS PROJECT.
-- 1. The script ensures that a DT hyperlink to the document in DevonThink is placed in
-- the note field of the project
-- 2. In the absence of a link to an existing folder in DevonThink,
-- the script will add the hyperlinks from project to folder, and from folder to project)
-- Acknowledgements
-- Inspired by Jim Harrison's excellent scripts, which use the Finder rather than DEVONthink 2
-- http://jhh.med.virginia.edu/main/OmniFocusScripts
-- The icon attached to this file is from the Float collection by Corey Marion
-- http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/flot
-- GLOBAL CONSTANTS
-- Initially assumes that project folders will be maintained in
-- a database named [UserName]/Documents/Omnifocus Notes.
-- Edit the name and path below to change the location and/or name
--of the main Projects folder that will contain the individual project folders
property pstrDTDB : "Projects" -- name of default Devonthink Database
property pstrDTsuffix : ".dtBase2"
property pstrDocsPath : (path to documents folder as string) -- path to ~/Documents
property pstrSync : "/Sync"
property pstrTemplate : "Default"
property pstrOO3Suffix : ".oo3"
property pstrFTSuffix : ".txt"
property pstrOFPrefix : "omnifocus:///task/"
property pstrXMLPrefix : "<value key=\"link\">"
property pstrRunDelim : "</lit></run>"
property pstrDTPrefix : "x-devonthink-item://"
property pstrDBPath : "~/Library/Caches/com.omnigroup.OmniFocus/OmniFocusDatabase2"
property pstrFolderLinkTitle : "[Devonthink support folder for this project]"
property pstrNoteLinkTitle : "[Devonthink project plans]"
property plngURLchars : 36
on run
-- IS A PROJECT (OR ONE OF ITS TASKS) SELECTED IN OMNIFOCUS ?
set {oProject, strProjName, strProjID} to GetSeldProject()
if oProject is missing value then return
-- IS THERE A RELEVANT LINK IN THE NOTE FIELD OF THE PROJECT ?
set {strFolderURL, strNotesURL} to DTLinksInNote(oProject)
-- AND IF SO, DOES IT LEAD ANYWHERE ?
if pblnJustFolder then
if strFolderURL ≠ "" then if FollowDTLink(strFolderURL) then return
else
if strNotesURL ≠ "" then if FollowDTLink(strNotesURL) then return
end if
-- IN THE ABSENCE OF A LIVE DT LINK, CREATE OR FIND A MATCHING FOLDER PATH IN DT
tell application id "DNtp"
set oDTFolder to my GetParallelFolder(oProject)
if pblnJustFolder then
set strDTLink to reference URL of oDTFolder
else
-- WHICH NOTE APP ARE WE USING - TEXTMATE OR OO3 ?
set blnFT to pblnPreferFTToOmniOO3 and my isAppInstalled("com.macromates.textmate")
if blnFT then
set strNoteSuffix to pstrFTSuffix
else
set strNoteSuffix to pstrOO3Suffix
end if
-- CREATE OR FIND A NOTE FILE FOR THIS PROJECT
set strNoteName to "• " & strProjName & " notes" & strNoteSuffix
set recNotes to my GetNotes(oDTFolder, strNoteName, strNoteSuffix, strProjID, blnFT)
set strDTLink to reference URL of recNotes
end if
end tell
-- PLACE AN RTF-FORMATTED DT LINK TO THE NEW OR PRE-EXISTING NOTES IN THE NOTES FIELD OF THE PROJECT
if pblnJustFolder then
set strLinkTitle to pstrFolderLinkTitle
else
set strLinkTitle to pstrNoteLinkTitle
end if
my PasteToNote(oProject, strLinkTitle, strDTLink)
-- AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO THE FOLDER OR NOTES DOCUMENT IN DT2
FollowDTLink(strDTLink)
tell application id "DNtp" to activate
end run
-- Check whether an app is installed e.g. isAppInstalled("com.foldingtext.FoldingText")
-- for http://www.foldingtext.com
on isAppInstalled(strBundleCode)
try
tell application "Finder"
name of (application file id strBundleCode) ≠ ""
end tell
on error
return false
end try
end isAppInstalled
-- Return the first project selected in the Omnifocus GUI
on GetSeldProject()
tell application id "OFOC"
tell front document
-- GET THE FIRST SELECTED PROJECT (CONTENT OR SIDEBAR)
if (count of document windows) < 1 then return {missing value, "", ""}
tell front document window
set oProject to missing value
repeat with oPanel in {content, sidebar}
set lstSelns to (value of selected trees of oPanel where (class of value = task) or (class of value = project))
if (count of lstSelns) > 0 then
set oProject to first item of lstSelns
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
if oProject is missing value then return {missing value, "", ""}
if class of oProject = task then set oProject to containing project of oProject
tell oProject to return {it, name, id}
end tell
end tell
end tell
end GetSeldProject
on DTLinksInNote(oProject)
tell application id "OFOC"
-- DOES ITS NOTE CONTAIN A DEVONTHINK URL ?
set strQuery to "select CAST(notexmldata as text) from task where persistentIdentifier = \"" & (id of oProject) & "\""
set strNoteXML to do shell script "sqlite3 " & pstrDBPath & space & quoted form of strQuery
set strLink to pstrXMLPrefix & pstrDTPrefix
set blnOpened to false
if strNoteXML contains strLink then
set {strDlm, my text item delimiters} to {my text item delimiters, pstrRunDelim}
set lstRuns to text items of strNoteXML
set my text item delimiters to "<lit>"
set {blnFolder, blnNote} to {false, false}
set {strFolderURL, strNotesURL} to {"", ""}
set strStart to rich text 1 thru 2 of pstrNoteLinkTitle
repeat with oRun in lstRuns
set lstSections to text items of oRun
if length of lstSections > 1 then
set strLabel to item -1 of lstSections
set strPreamble to item -2 of lstSections
if strLabel begins with strStart then
if not blnFolder then
if strLabel contains "folder" then
set strFolderURL to my ParseLink(strPreamble)
if strFolderURL ≠ "" then set blnFolder to true
end if
end if
if not blnNote then
if strLabel contains "notes" then
set strNotesURL to my ParseLink(strPreamble)
if strNotesURL ≠ "" then set blnNotes to true
end if
end if
end if
if blnFolder and blnNote then exit repeat
end if
end repeat
set my text item delimiters to strDlm
return {strFolderURL, strNotesURL}
else
if note of oProject = "" then set note of oProject to space -- (seems to prepare note for easier opening later)
return {"", ""}
end if
end tell
end DTLinksInNote
on ParseLink(strXML)
set {strDlm, my text item delimiters} to {my text item delimiters, pstrXMLPrefix & pstrDTPrefix}
set lstParts to text items of strXML
set strURL to ""
if length of lstParts > 1 then
set my text item delimiters to "</value>"
set strURL to first text item of item 2 of lstParts
if length of strURL = plngURLchars then
set strURL to pstrDTPrefix & strURL
else
set strURL to ""
end if
end if
set my text item delimiters to strDlm
return strURL
end ParseLink
on FollowDTLink(strURL)
if strURL ≠ "" then
set blnOpened to (do shell script "open " & quoted form of strURL) = ""
if blnOpened then
tell application id "DNtp" to activate
return true
else
return false
end if
else
return false
end if
end FollowDTLink
on GetParallelFolder(oProject)
set {strPath, strFolderDB, strProject} to GetProjPath(oProject)
tell application id "DNtp"
-- CHOOSE THE TARGET DATABASE
-- EITHER FROM A PATH IN THE ENCLOSING FOLDER, OR FROM THE DEFAULT
if strFolderDB ≠ "" then
set strDb to strFolderDB
else
set strDb to (POSIX path of pstrDocsPath) & pstrDTDB & pstrDTsuffix
end if
set oDb to open database strDb
if oDb is missing value then
set oAnswer to display dialog "Create new Devonthink database at \"" & strDb & "\" ?" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 1
if the button returned of oAnswer is "Cancel" then return
set oDb to create database strDb
end if
-- DEPENDING ON GLOBAL SETTING, OPTIONALLY CREATE NEW FOLDER WITHIN SYNC GROUP
if pblnUseSyncAsRoot then
set oLocn to create location pstrSync & strPath in oDb
else
set oLocn to create location strPath in oDb
end if
set URL of oLocn to pstrOFPrefix & (id of oProject)
return oLocn
end tell
end GetParallelFolder
on GetProjPath(oProject)
tell application id "OFOC"
set strProject to name of oProject
set strPath to strProject
set oContainer to container of oProject
set blnFolderFound to false
set strFolderDB to ""
set cClass to the class of oContainer
repeat while cClass is not document
if not blnFolderFound then
if cClass is folder then
set strFolderDB to note of oContainer
if ((strFolderDB ends with pstrDTsuffix) and my FileExists(strFolderDB)) then set blnFolderFound to true
end if
end if
set strPath to name of oContainer & "/" & strPath
set oContainer to container of oContainer
set cClass to the class of oContainer
end repeat
return {"/" & strPath, strFolderDB, strProject}
end tell
end GetProjPath
on GetNotes(oDTFolder, strNoteFile, strNoteSuffix, strProjectID)
tell application id "DNtp"
set lstNoteRecs to children of oDTFolder where name = strNoteFile
if length of lstNoteRecs > 0 then
return first item of lstNoteRecs
else
-- IMPORT A FRESH TEMPLATE FILE FROM THE SAME FOLDER AS THIS SCRIPT
set strScriptFolder to POSIX path of (path to me)
--tell application id "MACS" to set oScriptFolder to container of oThisScript
set strTemplate to strScriptFolder & pstrTemplate & strNoteSuffix
if my BundleExists(strTemplate) or my FileExists(strTemplate) then
set oRec to import strTemplate to oDTFolder
else
-- OR FROM INSIDE THE SCRIPT BUNDLE
set strTemplate to POSIX path of (path to me) & pstrTemplate & strNoteSuffix
try
set oRec to import strTemplate to oDTFolder
on error
display alert strTemplate & " not found in this script bundle"
return missing value
end try
end if
tell oRec
if it is missing value then return it
set its name to strNoteFile
set its URL to pstrOFPrefix & strProjectID
end tell
return oRec
end if
end tell
end GetNotes
on FileExists(strPath)
(do shell script ("test -e " & quoted form of strPath & "; echo $?")) = "0"
end FileExists
on BundleExists(strPath)
(do shell script ("test -d " & quoted form of strPath & "; echo $?")) = "0"
end BundleExists
on PasteToNote(oObj, strLegend, strURL)
set strHTML to quoted form of ("<font face=\"Helvetica\"><a href=\"" & strURL & "\">" & strLegend & "</a></font><p>")
do shell script "echo " & strHTML & " | textutil -format html -convert rtf -stdin -stdout | pbcopy -Prefer rtf"
tell application id "OFOC"
tell default document
set lngWins to count of document windows
if lngWins < 1 then make new document window
set visible of front document window to true
set oWin to front document window
set cClass to class of oObj
if not (cClass is in {task, inbox task, project}) then return
tell oWin
if selected view mode identifier ≠ "project" then set selected view mode identifier to "project"
if cClass is inbox task then
tell tree 1 of sidebar -- Inbox
if not selected then set selected to true
end tell
else
if (focus as list) ≠ {} then set focus to {}
tell tree 2 of sidebar -- Library
if not selected then set selected to true
end tell
end if
end tell
set strID to (id of oObj) as string -- haven't quite worked out why re-referencing the object
if cClass = inbox task then
set oObj to inbox task id strID -- seems to be necessary here (for selection to work)
else if cClass = task then
set oObj to task id strID
else
set oObj to project id strID
end if
tell content of oWin
select {oObj}
set oSeln to first selected tree
set selected of oSeln to false
set selected of oSeln to true
set note expanded of oSeln to false
end tell
end tell
activate
end tell
tell application id "sevs"
keystroke "'" using {command down} -- second time if needed
keystroke "v" using {command down} -- Paste
-- keystroke "'" using {command down} -- second time if needed
end tell
do shell script "sleep 0.2"
tell application id "OFOC"
tell front document
tell content of front document window
set oSeln to (first selected tree)
set selected of oSeln to false
set note expanded of oSeln to false
set selected of oSeln to true
end tell
end tell
end tell
end PasteToNote