Drafts Directory: Fix Linebreaks for Instagram

Action

Posted by garbonsai, Last update almost 2 years ago

Inserts a hidden unicode character at the end of each line to ensure linebreaks are displayed properly in Instagram captions and comments.

Install

Steps

script

// insert a hidden character before each line break
try {
	var text = editor.getSelectedText();
	if ( text.length === 0 ) text = editor.getText();
	if ( text.length === 0 ) throw( 'No selected text or draft is blank.' );
	text = text.replace( /\n/gm, '\u2063\n' );
	app.setClipboard( text );

	// diplay warning or success message
	text.length > 2200 ?
		app.displayWarningMessage( 'Text copied to the clipboard. Text is overset by ' + ( text.length - 2200 ) + ' characters.') :
		app.displaySuccessMessage( 'Text copied to the clipboard.' );

// log and display any errors
} catch( e ) {
	console.log( e );
	alert( e );
}

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