Create new documents with Services

Jun 08, '02 11:18:42AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

A recent hint suggested using drag and drop to copy a piece of code on a web page into a blank TextEdit document. OK, so you have to open TextEdit, arrange your windows so you can drag between them, etc...

When using a Cocoa app, why not just select the text you want to copy, then select "Services -> TextEdit -> Open Selection"? TextEdit will launch and a new document will be created with your selection. Services work in any Cocoa app, but unfortunately, not with Carbon - a big problem, since the vast majority of apps are Carbon, including IE and Office.

[Editor's note: Services in Carbon applications are now technically possible, I believe. I had thought BBEdit was one of those apps, but that may not be correct...]

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