can a template action be based on the "current selection" in the editor? about templater HOT 4 CLOSED

Hello @luckman212, that's a good internal template idea !
I'll probably add this one in the next release, thanks for the suggestion.

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current poor man's hack is to copy the word to the clipboard first and then use this as the template src:

w=$(pbpaste)
q=$(python3 -c 'import sys; from urllib.parse import quote; print(quote(sys.argv[1]));' "$w")
echo "[$w](https://www.google.com/search?q=$q)"

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Seems operating on the current selection is indeed possible, see https://github.com/lukeleppan/better-word-count/blob/master/src/main.ts#L33 for an example

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Hey @luckman212, sorry for the late response, this has been implemented as of Templater 1.0.0!
If you update, you will now be able to use <% tp.file.selection() %> to access your current selection.
Tell me if this works for you.
Closing this.

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