Capturing Text from Xcode

  1. Capturing text from Xcode while viewing the Files List
  2. Capturing text from Xcode while editing a file
  3. Types of Capture Operations
  3. Default behavior when Capturing text

Text can be captured from the frontmost Xcode text document while viewing the File List.

To capture text while in the Files List, make sure there is an active Xcode text document. If you would like to capture only a portion of the Xcode text document, select the text you would like to capture. To perform a basic Capture operation (i.e. copy the selection of the frontmost Xcode text document) simply click the "Capture" button in the Chronicle toolbar. If you would like to customize the type of Capture operation you would like to perform, you can control-/right-click or click & hold the Capture button to pop up the Capture contextual menu, which provides access to all of the alternative capture types. If there is a qualifying text document open in Xcode, the desired capture operation will be performed.

See also:
Types of Capture Operations
The Files List

Capturing text while working in the built-in editor allows you to not only determine which file to capture into, but also where in the file to place the captured text.

To capture text while in the File Editor, make sure there is an active Xcode text document. If you would like to capture only a portion of the Xcode text document, select the text you would like to capture. To perform a basic Capture operation (i.e. copy the selection of the frontmost Xcode text document) simply click the "Capture" button in the Chronicle toolbar. If you would like to customize the type of Capture operation you would like to perform, you can control-/right-click or click & hold the Capture button to pop up the Capture contextual menu, which provides access to all of the alternative capture types. If there is a qualifying text document open in Xcode, the desired capture operation will be performed.

Unlike capturing text while viewing the Files List, the captured text is only applied to the file open in the Editor. The captured Xcode text is inserted into the current Chronicle file at the insertion point.

See also:
Types of Capture Operations
The File Editor

- Selection
Chronicle will capture the selected text in the frontmost Xcode text document. If no text is selected, it will capture nothing.

- Entire File
Regardless of the text selection in the frontmost Xcode text document, the entire file contents will be captured.

What Chronicle does with text once it has been captured is determined by your Preferences settings. Please see the topic Default behavior when Capturing text on the Preferences help page for more information about how Chronicle handles captured text.