-- In this file, change "/path/to/" to the path where you installed clang-format -- and save it to ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Scripts. You can then -- select the script from the Script menu and clang-format will format the -- selection. Note that you can rename the menu item by renaming the script, and -- can assign the menu item a keyboard shortcut in the BBEdit preferences, under -- Menus & Shortcuts. on urlToPOSIXPath(theURL) return do shell script "python -c \"import urllib, urlparse, sys; print urllib.unquote(urlparse.urlparse(sys.argv[1])[2])\" " & quoted form of theURL end urlToPOSIXPath tell application "BBEdit" set selectionOffset to characterOffset of selection set selectionLength to length of selection set fileURL to URL of text document 1 end tell set filePath to urlToPOSIXPath(fileURL) set newContents to do shell script "/path/to/clang-format -offset=" & selectionOffset & " -length=" & selectionLength & " " & quoted form of filePath tell application "BBEdit" -- "set contents of text document 1 to newContents" scrolls to the bottom while -- replacing a selection flashes a bit but doesn't affect the scroll position. set currentLength to length of contents of text document 1 select characters 1 thru currentLength of text document 1 set text of selection to newContents select characters selectionOffset thru (selectionOffset + selectionLength - 1) of text document 1 end tell