I'd like to create a macro that transforms a large paragraph of text into several small, fully separated paragraphs. Ballpark about 3 average size sentences.
I have no idea how to do this but I'm thinking maybe something like this or close to it already exists. All ideas very appreciated.
The first question becomes how to separate the text into sentences.
The second is how to / whether to balance the chunks.
All this for a "simple" paragraph.
My interest in this is because I'd like a mechanism - in an arbitrary app - to select the current sentence.
Hey Howard,
The magic incantation for this one is very simple. Use an Execute a Shell Script action, and the following script:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
fold -w 80 -s
The appended macro takes its text from a variable, but you can easily change that to the clipboard.
-Chris
Wrap a Long String at a Given Column Width v1.00.kmmacros (5.9 KB)
I forgot to mention that -w indicates the width in columns.
Change 80 to whatever suites you.
In the Terminal.app use:
man fold
To see the man page for fold.
-Chris