Help. Creating first plugin

Questions & Suggestions
1

I'm new to the plugins and I just want to create a very basic plugin to create a new document from any content. I will use the clipboard for demo purposes.

I know this can be done as a macro, but I want to have it as a plugin, since I want to write some other later.

this is my Keyboard Maestro Action.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Author</key>
	<string>Eduardo</string>
	<key>Icon</key>
	<string>icon.png</string>
	<key>Name</key>
	<string>BBEdit - new file</string>
	<key>Script</key>
	<string>main.scpt</string>


	<key>Parameters</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>Label</key>
			<string>content</string>
			<key>Type</key>
			<string>TokenText</string>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>
</plist>

this is my main.scpt content

#!/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript

'use strict';
(function run(argv) {

    // arguments
    const command = argv[0];
    const tabName = argv[1];

    // get app
    const BBEdit = Application('BBEdit');
    BBEdit.includeStandardAdditions = true;

    // content
    //--- GET A REFERENCE TO THE KM ENGINE ---
    var kme = Application("Keyboard Maestro Engine");
    var content = kme.getvariable('KMPARAM_content');
    // let content = BBEdit.theClipboard();


    // activate
    BBEdit.activate();

    // new document
    BBEdit.make({
        "new": "document",
        "withProperties": {
            "text": content
        }
    });

})();

whenever I run it I get the following

Library/Application Support/Keyboard Maestro/Keyboard Maestro Actions/BBEdit - new file/main.scpt:5:6: script error: Expected end of line, etc. but found “/”. (-2741)

or Library/Application Support/Keyboard Maestro/Keyboard Maestro Actions/BBEdit - new file/main.scpt:1:2: script error: Expected end of line, etc. but found unknown token. (-2741)

any ideas what could be happening?

2

.scpt is the extension for AppleScript, so it is being executed as an AppleScript, which it is not.

Try using .sh since it is basically a bash script (bash is then running the comment in the #!.

3

this is what I used as reference

it says it can be scpt an the first line would help determine which kind of script it is

4

I wrote that post, but if I were you, I'd listen to @peternlewis. He wrote KM, so I think he might know a little more than I do. :roll_eyes:

5

yeah
changing the extension made it work.
thanks both for your time :smiley:

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6

If you are comfortable with it, then please share your plugin once it is done.

7

@JMichaelTX, @ccstone. Might this post be suitably moved to the Questions and Suggestions category, as it's seeking help and advice rather than publishing a plug-in ?

Sorry if I'm talking rubbish, in which case I'll bin this comment.

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