BBEdit: Toggle Quotes

Toggle Quotes.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Toggle Quotes
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# Jason Sims <jason@symmetriq.com>
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#
# Toggle between single and double quotes. Within the selected text, every
# double quote will become a single quote and vice-versa.
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Installation in BBEdit:
#
# 1. Place this file in your "Text Filters" directory:
#    ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Text Filters/
#        or
#    ~/Dropbox/Application Support/BBEdit/Text Filters/
#
# 2. Assign a keyboard shortcut to "Toggle Quotes" in:
#    BBEdit → Preferences → Menus & Shortcuts → Text → Apply Text Filter
#
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# More scripts & snippets here:
# https://gist.github.com/symmetriq
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# 1. Bookend with spaces (in case we have a trailing quote)
# 2. Split by `"`
# 3. Change `' to `"`
# 4. Join by `'`
# 5. Remove whitespace bookends

print " #{ARGF.set_encoding('UTF-8').read} ".split('"').map {|str| str.gsub(/'/, '"') }.join("'")[1...-1]