About Text Objects
The Scriptable Text Editor deals mainly with text; therefore, most of its objects are text objects. The Scriptable Text Editor defines five text object classes:
The following sections describe characteristics that these objects have in common. To avoid ambiguity, objects that belong to the class Text are always referred to as "objects of class Text." Objects that belong to the character,
- Character
- Word
- Paragraph
- Text
- Text Item
word, paragraph, text, or text item classes are called "text objects."
Subtopics
- Elements of Text Objects
- Special Properties of Scriptable Text Editor Text Objects
- Text Styles
- AppleScript and Non-Roman Script Systems