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// @requires https://gist.github.com/uhunkler/5465857
var text = 'to clipboard ' + new Date(),
    returnedtext = '';

clipboard.set( text );
returnedtext = clipboard.get();
test.assert( text === returnedtext, 'Text correctly copied and read to/from the clipboard' );

test.show();

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/**
 * Read text from a file at the given path
 * 
 * @param  {string} path  given file path
 * @return {mixed}        string with text if successful, false if error
 */
function readTextFromFile( path )
{
    var result = false;

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/**
 * SketchLayers - a collection of layer related functions
 * 
 * @type {object}
 */
var SketchLayers = 
{
    collection : [],

    selection : function()

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// handle the browser communication
var browser = 
{
    name : "",
    app : null,
    win : null,
    tab : null,

    /**
     * Initialise the browser object

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/**
 * Execute JavaScript in the browser
 * 
 * @param    {string}  js JavaScript string
 * @required {object}  browsername the browser name
 * @required {object}  browser the reference to the browser
 * @required {object}  tab the reference to the active tab
 * @return   {mixed}   return value from JavaScript
 */
function doJavaScript( js )

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// create the connection to the browser
var browsername = "Safari",
// var browsername = "Google Chrome",
    browser = SBApplication.application( browsername ),
    win = browser.windows()[0],
    tab = null;

// get the active tab
if( browsername === "Safari" || browsername === "WebKit" )
{

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/**
 * Test object for simple asserts
 * test.assert( typeof 1 === 'number', '1 is a number' ); // add a test
 * test.print( 'text' ); // add some text
 * test.show(); // output all results
 */
var test = {
    heap: [],
    assert: function (value, desc) {
        var result = value ? "--- pass: " : "xxx fail: ";

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var doc = doc || null,
    app = null,
    extern = false;
if( doc === null )
{
    extern = true;
    app = JSTalk.application("Sketch");
    // app.activate();
    doc = app.orderedDocuments()[0];
    var selection = doc.selectedLayers();

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for( var i = 0; i < selection.length(); i++ )
{
    var layer = selection[ i ];
    // do something with the selected layer
}

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/*global JSTalk:false, NSApplication:false, NSAlert:false, print:true */
// Set the basic variables for an externally run script
// which are set by default when the script is run
// as a plugin from within Sketch. "doc" is defined when the script
// is called from within Sketch.
if (doc === undefined) {
  var doc, selection;
}
var sketch = null;