I can't figure out how to put a space between a variable and other text or even another variable, as Automator automatically removes both standard and nonbreaking (Option+sp) spaces.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 13 inch, 2011
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It's just a screenshot of the affected field to make the question more understandable.
http://www.sharingsys.com/lite/h/23b4e2d46807ea7afa3e61be55de56b5.png
so that looks like the input to a workflow, where you want to tun a shellscript of the form:
/prog <program name> <song name>
if that's the case, then you need to either quote (use single or double quotes) or escape (use backslash) the spaces in the cli
quoted: /prog 'program name' 'song name'
escaped: /prog program\ name song\ name
Unluckily, the purpose of that variable is to assemble the strings previously collected in the other variables into one string that is then passed to the clipboard for the user to paste in the app of their liking.
can you please show, upload, or describe in detail the actual workflow? It's just not at all clear to me what you're actually doing here, and that makes the problem impossible to diagnose.
No problem, I've uploaded it to a web hosting service.
Ah, I see… don't do it that way. :-)
you're already using Run AppleScript, so just change your first Run AppleScript action so that it reads:
tell application "iTunes"
set {itsAlbum, itsArtist, itsName, itsYear} to {album, artist, name, year} of current track
if itsYear is 0 then set itsYear to "?"
return "/me [iTunes] " & itsArtist & " - " & itsName & " (" & itsAlbum & "(" & itsYear & "))"
end tell
then go straight to the Copy to Clipboard action.
Thank you very much, I've avoided AppleScript due to my lack of knowledge but this seems relatively intuitive.
Automator: adding spaces in variables
