Subethaedit Markdown Formatting Scripts

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Paste these into Script Editor and save them as "Markdown Italicize.scpt" and "Markdown Boldise.scpt" in SubEthaEdit's Script folder (find it by opening it from the Script menu).

on seescriptsettings()
	return {keyboardShortcut:"@i", shortDisplayName:"Markdown Italicize", displayName:"Markdown Italicize"}
end seescriptsettings

tell application "SubEthaEdit"
	begin undo group
	set thetext to the the contents of the selection
	if thetext starts with "_" then
		set the contents of the selection to (characters 2 through ((length of thetext) - 1) of thetext) as string
	else
		set the contents of the selection to the "_" & thetext & "_"
	end if
	end undo group
end tell

on seescriptsettings()
	return {keyboardShortcut:"@b", shortDisplayName:"Markdown Boldize", displayName:"Markdown Boldize"}
end seescriptsettings

tell application "SubEthaEdit"
	begin undo group
	set thetext to the the contents of the selection
	if thetext starts with "__" then
		set the contents of the selection to (characters 3 through ((length of thetext) - 2) of thetext) as string
	else
		set the contents of the selection to the "__" & thetext & "__"
	end if
	end undo group
end tell