Plug-In: Open Note in BBEdit

Opens the text content of the note of the selected task or project as a markdown document in the BBEdit application from Bare Bones software.

NOTE: The name of the task/project is the name fo the file.

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Open Note in BBEdit
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/*{
	"type": "action",
	"targets": ["omnifocus"],
	"author": "Otto Automator",
	"identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.open-note-in-bbedit",
	"version": "1.0",
	"description": "Opens the text content of the note of the selected task or project as a markdown document in the BBEdit application from Bare Bones software. NOTE: The name of the task/project is the name fo the file.\n<https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit>",
	"label": "Open Note in BBEdit",
	"shortLabel": "Open Note in BBEdit",
	"paletteLabel": "Open Note in BBEdit",
	"image": "gearshape"
}*/
(() => {
	const action = new PlugIn.Action(function(selection, sender){
		try {
			if (selection.tasks.length === 1){
				var item = selection.tasks[0]
			} else {
				var item = selection.projects[0]
			}
			noteText = item.note
			if(!noteText || noteText.length === 0){
				throw {"name":"Missing Resource", "message":"The selected item has no note text."}
			}
			encodedItemName = encodeURIComponent(item.name)
			encodedString = encodeURIComponent(noteText)
			BBEditURLStr = `x-bbedit://new-document/?language=md&name=${encodedItemName}.md&text=` + encodedString
			URL.fromString(BBEditURLStr).open()
		}
		catch(err){
			new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	});

	action.validate = function(selection, sender){
		return (
			selection.databaseObjects.length === 1 &&
			(selection.databaseObjects[0] instanceof Project ||
			selection.databaseObjects[0] instanceof Task)
		)
	};
	
	return action;
})();