Problem Attic. Insert witty tagline here.

In lieu of a “Filter before Preview” option in SubEthaEdit, try the following as an AppleScript. It will open the front document in Safari after running Markdown (or Textile, or any similar filter) on it. Yes, it’s a bit of a hack, but it works, which is the main thing.

set command to "/usr/local/bin/Markdown.pl"

tell application "SubEthaEdit"
    set content to text of front document
    set doc to (name of front document) as text
    log doc
    do shell script "echo " & quoted form of content & 
        " | " & command & " > /tmp/" & quoted form of doc & ".html"
end tell

tell application "Safari"
    open ":tmp:" & doc & ".html"
end tell

I have a couple of favours to ask of my local readers:

Thanks, AJ’s friend Simeon, you’re awesome!

I’m not normally a fan of blonde jokes, but you really need to hear this one.