Hello Kino,

Thank you for your reply.

On May 21, 2011, at 3:14 AM, Kino wrote:

>> I used these "invisible macros" almost always to make links inside  
>> other documents, and jump to specific locations inside these  
>> documents. Do you think such macro would be possible...?
>
> For example, if you have a local copy of the Macro Reference as '~/ 
> Applications/NWP/Nisus Macro Reference2.0.zrtf' and if you have a  
> comment having '~/Applications/NWP/Nisus Macro  
> Reference2.0.zrtf:compare' as its content in the front most  
> document, then running the following macro with the caret in a  
> string having the comment will open the Macro Reference and select  
> a bookmark 'compare'.
>
> 	Require Pro Version 2.0
> 	$doc = Document.active
> 	$sel = $doc.textSelection
>
> 	$comments = $sel.text.commentsAtIndex $sel.location
>
> 	if $comments == undefined
> 		exit 'No comment here, exiting...'
> 	end
>
> 	$urlBookmark = $comments.firstValue.text.split ':'
>
> 	if Open $urlBookmark.firstValue
> 		Select Bookmark $urlBookmark.lastValue
> 	end

I tried this. It works perfectly. Thank you very much. I think this  
is a very interesting macro.

>> And two *major* improvement that we, Japanese (or Chinese, etc.)  
>> need desperately as soon as possible:
>> 1. the possibility of vertical writing;
>
> It is said that TextEdit will support the vertical writing in OS X  
> 10.7. I saw a screenshot posted to a rumour site in March when I  
> was staying in Kanazawa. Then, hopefully...

Wow, that would be great!

>
>> 2. the possibility of putting "rubis" (glosses...).
>
> For me, 'bouten/kenten' is more important. The lack of it for  
> Japanese IS the lack of Italic style for European languages.

I agree. "rubis" and "bouten/kenten" are indispensable in writing in  
Japanese.

Best regard,

Nobumi Iyanaga
Tokyo,
Japan