Lisa's
AppleScripts
for Camino

This script will download the file displayed in Camino's current tab and add it to your choice of one or more of your iPhoto albums. The front tab must be showing the image file itself, so right-click on the target image and choose "View Image" from the contextual menu before running the script.

This script will close all tabs in the active browser window except the current one and those displaying pages with titles that have been listed as exceptions. The script is designed to return your main browser window to a "default" state after a "new tab"-intensive browsing session. If there are certain pages you wish to exclude from being closed, all you need to do is open the script file and follow the simple instructions for adding their titles to the exceptions list.

This script will close all tabs to the right of the current tab in the front browser window.

This script will close all browser windows except the frontmost one, windows with more than one tab, and those displaying pages with titles that have been listed as exceptions. The script is intended as a quick way to dispense with unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows while preserving your main browsing window(s). If there are certain pages you keep open in windows of their own and wish to exclude from being closed, all you need to do is open the script file and follow the simple instructions for adding their titles to the exceptions list. This script comes with a custom icon designed by davedit, based on original icons by the Camino Team. Also thanks to davedit for the idea for the script.

This script will get the URL and title of the page displayed in the current tab, format it as a BBCode link, and place it on the clipboard.

This script will get the URL and title of the page displayed in the current tab, format it as an html link, and place it on the clipboard.

This script will get the URL and title of the page displayed in the current tab, format it in two lines with the URL enclosed in angle brackets, and place it on the clipboard.

This script combines the three "Copy URL" scripts above into one toolbar script, placing the title and URL of the current tab on the clipboard in one of several formats. You choose a format -- BBCode, HTML, plain text, or percent-decoded URL -- each time the script is run, and your choice will be remembered as default for next time. A custom toolbar icon is included with the file.

This script will ask for a bookmark shortcut and place the URL of the bookmark on the clipboard. A custom toolbar icon is included with the file.

This script will compile a list of all open pages in Camino's frontmost browser window, with the title and URL of each tab, and put it in the body of a new Apple Mail email message. Moreover, you can configure the script to automatically send the message to a particular email address (open the script file in (Apple)Script Editor.app to see the simple instructions for doing so). Usage suggestion: I use this script to send page locations to myself, so I can take my iPod touch out in the fresh wifi-permeated air, retrieve the message, and quickly pick up browsing from where I left it in the office :-). Requires Apple Mail.

This script will open the current Camino page in Safari and engage Safari's "Mail Contents of This Page" feature, which activates your default email client and creates a new message containing the page contents, ie. rendered html with images, links, etc. Safari will then quit if it wasn't already open. Requires Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6 and Safari 3 or later.

This script will obtain the source code of the page displayed in Camino's current tab and put it in the body of a new Apple Mail email message, which will also include references to the web page's title and URL. Version 2.0 only: If there is text selected on the page, the script will provide source code for just the selection. Requires Apple Mail.

This script will get the text selected in Camino's active tab, or complete text if there is no selection, and put it in the body of a new Apple Mail email message, which will also include references to the web page's title and URL. While the same functionality is provided by the Send Info to Apple App script, this script deals only with Mail and will perform its task without any dialogs. Requires Apple Mail.

These two scripts have been updated to work better with the LyricWiki website: The Find Lyrics script will look for the lyrics page for the currently playing iTunes track and display it in a new window or tab; if the track is not found via direct link, a LyricWiki search results page will be loaded instead. Once you have the correct LyricWiki page open in Camino, run the Set Lyrics script, which will attempt to extract the lyrics from the page and add them to the current track. (Note that some LyricWiki pages have restricted access; you will see a dialog if the script is not able to retrieve the text of the lyrics.) The Set Lyrics script will also work with other websites as well, but you must select the lyrics on the page first before running the script.

This script makes use of Camino's nifty bookmark shortcuts for searches feature. It will ask for a search term, present a list of search-shortcut bookmarks, and open search-result pages for the chosen sites in new tabs or windows (depending on your settings in Camino > Preferences > Tabs). Your bookmarked searches must be saved in a Collection called "Searches" so the script knows where to find them. Please see the Read Me page for further information on setting up bookmark search shortcuts for use with this script. A custom toolbar icon is included with the file.

This toolbar script will open a new foreground window, regardless of your settings in Camino > Preferences > Tabs, and load the URL displayed in the existing window. (If you prefer the script open a new window without loading the current URL, open the script file in (Apple)Script Editor.app and follow the instructions to turn this feature off.) Please note that this script requires the "enable access for assistive devices" setting in the Universal Access pane of System Preferences to be checked. The script comes with a custom toolbar icon created by davedit, based on original icons by the Camino Team.

This script will open a new tab or window (depending on your settings in Camino > Preferences > Tabs) with a large text-entry area for making temporary notes. The text is not saved anywhere and will disappear forever when the tab or window is closed or Camino is quit. The script comes with a custom toolbar icon based on original icons by the Camino Team.

This script will open an iTunes Preview page loaded in Camino's current tab in the iTunes Store, launching iTunes if it's not already running. As iTunes Preview pages have a "View in iTunes" button that does the same thing, this script is intended for and needed only by advanced users who have configured Camino's "hidden preferences" to automatically deny the opening of itms: links in iTunes without being prompted by an external protocol request sheet.

This script will open the currently displayed Camino page in one or more of the other browsers installed on your system. The list of browsers to choose from is offered each time the script is run and can include Firefox, Flock, Google Chrome, iCab, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari, SeaMonkey, Shiira and WebKit; support for additional browsers can be added upon request. Version 1.4 now stores the selected browsers for use as default the next time the script is run; and works around an annoying Firefox 3.6 bug that spawns multiple windows.

This script will open the currently displayed Camino page in Safari, launching Safari if necessary, or in a new tab of Safari's frontmost window.

This script will extract the URLs from the current text selection, even if they are not hyperlinked, and open them in new tabs or windows (depending on your settings in Camino > Preferences > Tabs). Version 2.6 now recognizes email addresses and will open them as  mailto: URIs in the default email client.

This pair of scripts will 1. Store the URL of the current tab and close it; 2. Re-open the last stored URL in a new tab. The first script now remembers URLs from the last 10 closed tabs for undoing in reverse order. (The URLs are stored in a text file called "camino-remembered-url.txt" in your Preferences folder.) Please note that the "Undo Close Tab" script only works on tabs that were closed with the "Remember URL & Close Tab" script; tabs closed by clicking the on-tab widget or by choosing Close from the File menu (Cmd-W) will not be remembered or restored. The script files have custom icons that look appropriate as buttons when the scripts are placed on Camino's toolbar; see this screenshot page for more information.

Acknowledgement: These scripts are based on the ideas and original scripts of Darren Mahaffy, Managing Editor of MacSurfer's Headline News™, used with permission. See this blog post by Darren for similar code that works with additional browsers, information on how to remap Cmd-W to trigger the script, and other suggestions for expanding the capabilities of the script.

This script will save the html source of the page in the current tab, or the source of the selection if there is one, to a new .html file and open it in your default text editor or other application of your choice. The file is saved to either the Downloads folder (10.5+) or the Desktop (10.4), or you may specify a folder of your choice within the script file. You can also set an option to open the saved file in the background. (Open the script in (Apple)Script Editor.app and follow the instructions to set these options and customize its behavior.) This script offers an alternative to the "View Source in..." scripts for text/html editors that don't have the necessary applescript support for adding content to unsaved documents.

This script will save the text selected in the current tab, or complete page text if there is no selection, to a new Plain Text file and open it in your default text editor. The file is saved to either the Downloads folder (10.5+) or the Desktop (10.4), or you may specify a folder of your choice within the script file (open it in (Apple)Script Editor.app and follow the instructions). You can also set an option to open the saved file in the background. A custom toolbar icon is included with the script file.

This script will get the selected text from Camino's current tab and append it to a daily file. The first time you run the script on a given day, a new dated file is created in a Web Notes folder, which the script also creates as needed in your Documents folder. For instance, each time you run the script on June 24, 2009, the selected text will be saved to the file ~/Documents/Web Notes/webnotes-062409.txt. The script does not open the file, allowing you to surf-and-save until you decide it's time to review your notes. You should avoid, however, running the script while the file is open in another application, or unexpected results might occur. A custom toolbar icon is included with the file.

This script will save the URL from the active Camino tab as a .webloc file, a double-clickable shortcut for opening the URL from the Finder. Webloc files are normally created by dragging an URL or hyperlink from an application to the desktop or a Finder window. This script provides an alternative that allows you to enter a custom name and select a location for the file in a standard save dialog.

This script will ask for a date and time, create a .webloc file for the URL of the current Camino page, and set up an iCal To-Do item with an alarm that will open the file, launching the URL in your default web browser, at the designated date and time. When first run, the script will create a ~/Library/Application Support/Scheduled Webpages directory to store the .webloc files, and a new "Scheduled Webpages" calendar for the To-Do items. When the webpage is opened at the scheduled time, you'll also see and hear the typical iCal alarm message and sound. You can change the sound that gets played, or turn off the message/sound altogether, within the script file: open it in (Apple)Script Editor.app and follow the instructions. Requires iCal; make sure the "Turn off all alarms" box is not checked in iCal Preferences.

This script will get the text selected in Camino's current tab, or text of the entire page if there is no selection, and use it to create your choice of a new Mail message, Mail note, Pages document, iCal event, iCal to do item, or Address Book card. The new item will include a reference to the website name and its URL. Version 2.2 only: The script provides the option to set your choice of application document type as default, pre-selected when the initial dialog appears; open the script file in (Apple)Script Editor.app and follow the instructions to set a default choice. Requires Apple Mail, iCal, and Address Book. (Pages is not required; if not installed, the option to create a new Pages document will not be offered).

This script will check to see if the page in Camino's current tab has been bookmarked and if so, allow you to enter some text for the bookmark's description field. Why do your bookmarks need descriptions? Well, they probably don't. But this is a handy way to store snippets of text you might want to remember the next time you visit the bookmarked site, or text you might want to find again, as the description field is searchable in Camino's Bookmark Manager (and will be searchable in Spotlight in a forthcoming release of Camino). When you run the script, the bookmark's existing description will appear in the dialog box, allowing you to change it or copy it to the clipboard. As an added convenience, if a bookmark doesn't already have a description any text selected on the page will appear in the dialog box instead. Please note that the script cannot account for redirects: if the bookmark URL is not exactly the same as the URL you end up on when visiting it, the script will not recognize that page as having been bookmarked.

This script will check to see if you have a bookmark for the page in Camino's current tab and allow you to assign it a shortcut or change the existing one. A bookmark shortcut is a word or text string that can be typed into the Location bar to quickly open a bookmark. If the script finds that the current page is not already bookmarked, it will offer to create a new bookmark and then set its shortcut. Please note that the script cannot account for redirects: if the bookmark URL is not exactly the same as the URL you end up on when visiting it, the script will not recognize that page as having been bookmarked.

This script will download the file displayed in Camino's current tab to your Pictures folder and set it as your Desktop picture. The front tab must be showing the image file itself, so right-click on the target image and choose "View Image" from the contextual menu before running the script. Known issues: If "Change picture:" is checked in your Desktop Preferences, the downloaded image might not display immediately. If the picture file is not of a type recognized for use as a Desktop Picture, no error is generated but your Desktop Picture setting might revert to default.

This script will open a new tab or window and display a listing of all bookmarks that have shortcuts assigned to them. The list may be sorted by bookmark name, by bookmark shortcut, or as they appear in the Bookmark Manager. Please note that this script might take some time to finish, depending on how many bookmarks you have and how fast your Mac is. Moreover, running the script from the toolbar might cause Camino's interface to become unresponsive; but when run from the AppleScript menu, you can continue using Camino while the list is prepared. Version 2.1 includes bookmarks from custom collections in the listing.

This script will display a list of your Bookmark Menu and Bookmark Bar bookmarks with usage information in a new tab or window. The list may be sorted alphabetically, by frequency of use, or as they appear in the Bookmark Manager. Please note that this script often takes several and sometimes many minutes or more to finish, depending on how many bookmarks you have, what kind of content is loaded in Camino, and how fast your Mac is. Moreover, running the script from the toolbar might cause Camino's interface to become unresponsive; but when run from the AppleScript menu, you can continue using Camino while the list is prepared.

This script will obtain the HTTP headers for the page at the URL loaded in Camino's current tab and display them in a new tab or window (depending on your settings in Camino > Preferences > Tabs).

This script will send the URL of the current page to the Link Checker service provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which will load in a new tab or window (depending on your settings in Camino > Preferences > Tabs).

This script will send the URL of the current page to the Markup Validation Service provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which will load in a new tab or window. Two special cases, however, are handled differently: If the current page is a .css file, the URL will be sent to the CSS Validation Service instead. If the current page is a local file, the service's "validate by input" page will be displayed and the text of the file will be placed on the clipboard so it can be pasted in to the appropriate field. Version 1.2 improves handling of local files.

This script allows you to easily move audio/visual content from Camino to your media player without going through a save dialog or having to delete the file from your Downloads folder when you're done with it. The media file must be displayed directly in the current tab, for instance in a QuickTime Plug-in window; or the URL that points to the file must be copied to the clipboard, which can be done by right-clicking on a link to it and choosing "Copy Link Location" from the contextual menu. Then run the script to download the file and open it in the default application for that kind of file. The script works with many types of downloadable video and sound files, including .mp3, .avi, .mov, .wav, .ogg, etc., as long as you have an application that can handle them, like iTunes, QuickTime Player or VLC, etc., and any additional components/codecs if necessary. Note that the script downloads the specified file to a temporary cache folder that is regularly cleared out by the system; if you decide you want to keep it, use the Save As... function from within the player to store the file in an accessible location.

This script allows you to open links to Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in Microsoft Office or Office-compatible programs without going through a save dialog or having to delete the file from your Downloads folder when you're done with it. The .doc, .xls or .ppt file's URL must first be copied to the clipboard by right-clicking on a link to it and choosing "Copy Link Location" from the contextual menu. Then run the script to download the file and launch it in the default application for that kind of file, such as one from the iWork suite, OpenOffice.org or Microsoft Office suites. Note that the script downloads the specified file to a temporary cache folder that is regularly cleared out by the system; if you decide you want to keep it, use the Save As... function from within the application to store the file in an accessible location.

This script allows you to easily move PDF and image content from Camino to your default application(s) for those kinds of files, without going through a save dialog or having to delete the file from your Downloads folder when you're done with it. The PDF or image file must be displayed in the current tab, with a third-party plug-in for PDF files or by right-clicking on an image and choosing "View Image" from the contextual menu; or the URL that points to the file must be on the clipboard which can be done by right-clicking on a link to a PDF and choosing "Copy Link Location" or right-clicking on an image and choosing "Copy Image Location", from the contextual menu. Then run the script to download the file and open it in the appropriate application. Note that the script downloads the specified file to a temporary cache folder that is regularly cleared out by the system; if you decide you want to keep it, use the Save As... function from within the application to store the file in an accessible location.

This script will obtain the source code of the page displayed in Camino's current tab and place it in a new, unsaved BBEdit document (unless the currently loaded page is a local file, in which case the file itself is opened in BBEdit); no new files are downloaded or created. If there is text selected on the page, the script will provide source code for just the selection. Requires BBEdit, a professional html and text editor developed by Bare Bones Software.

This script will obtain the source code of the page displayed in Camino's current tab and place it in a new, unsaved SubEthaEdit document (unless the currently loaded page is a local file, in which case the file itself is opened in SubEthaEdit); no new files are downloaded or created. If there is text selected on the page, the script will provide source code for just the selection. Requires SubEthaEdit, a collaborative text editor developed by The Coding Monkeys.

This script will obtain the source code of the page displayed in Camino's current tab and place it in a new, unsaved TextEdit document (unless the currently loaded page is a local file, in which case the file itself is opened in TextEdit); no new files are downloaded or created. Version 2.0 only: If there is text selected on the page, the script will provide source code for just the selection. Requires Apple's TextEdit application.

This script will obtain the source code of the page displayed in Camino's current tab and place it in a new, unsaved TextWrangler document (unless the currently loaded page is a local file, in which case the file itself is opened in TextWrangler); no new files are downloaded or created. Version 2.0 only: If there is text selected on the page, the script will provide source code for just the selection. Requires TextWrangler, an advanced text editor developed by Bare Bones Software.