Rails Cheat Sheets for BBEdit

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This script addition integrates the cheat gem to let you access cheat sheets from within BBEdit. To use the script, highlight a term in a BBEdit window (like strftime) and either use a keyboard shortcut or select the script from the Scripts menu item. A new window will open, populated with the cheatsheet. If you invoke the script without first highlighting anything, you will be presented with a dialog box from which you can enter the name of a specific cheat sheet, get help with Cheat, or access a list of available cheat sheets.

Thanks to Lorin Rivers at Mosasaur (www.mosasaur.com) for additional script improvements.

Rails Cheat Sheets for BBEdit integrates the command-line cheat gem with BBEdit.

Installation

This script depends on the 'cheat' gem. Install cheat by typing the following in Terminal:

sudo gem install cheat

Next, download the Rails Cheet Sheets for BBEdit scripting addition:
rails_cheatsheet.zip (8k)

Then copy the file "Rails Cheatsheet" into ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Scripts/, and it will show up in your Scripts menu in BBEdit.

Usage

To use the script, highlight a term in a BBEdit window (like strftime) and either hit your keyboard shortcut or select the script from the Scripts menu item. A new window will open, populated with the cheatsheet.

If you invoke the script without first highlighting anything, you will be presented with a dialog box from which you can enter the name of a specific cheat sheet, get help with Cheat, or access a list of available cheat sheets.

For added convenience, add a keyboard shortcut. Pull up Window > Palettes > Scripts, select 'Rails Cheatsheet', and click Set Key. (I use command R.)