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elmimmo / Alert Ungroup.jsx

Last active August 24, 2025 16:23

InDesign startup script that blocks InDesign's native Ungroup command on groups with custom Object Export Options applied and allows to review them before confirming.

	//DESCRIPTION:Alerts when ungrouping if there are custom Object Export Options

	/* ============================================================================
	Blocks InDesign's native Ungroup command whenever the user has selected
	one or more groups that have custom Object Export Options applied
	(Alt/Actual Text, Decorative flag, or explicit PDF Tag).
	The script presents an interactive dialog allowing the user to:

	• Review each offending group and its custom export data.
	• Restore default export options for the current group.

elmimmo / Alert Adobe Fonts.jsx

Last active August 8, 2025 11:17

Adobe InDesign startup script that alerts if a document uses Adobe Fonts when opening or packaging it.

	//DESCRIPTION:Alert when opening or packaging a document if it uses Adobe Fonts.
	//by Jorge Hernández Valiñani _

	#target "InDesign"
	#targetengine "alertAdobeFonts"

	(function () {
	// Localization strings for alerts
	var STR_ALERT_LINE1 = "usa fuentes no recopilables:";
	var STR_ALERT_SUFFIX = "Al empaquetar un documento, asegúrate de copiarlas a mano.";

elmimmo / get_type_creator.py

Last active April 30, 2025 11:20

Get legacy Mac OS file type and creator codes from files stored on a Synology NAS running DSM

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	import sys, os, struct

	def parse_appledouble(ad_path):
	"""
	Open an AppleDouble file and return (file_type, creator_code).
	"""

	# Auxiliary function to decode 8 bytes → (ft, cr)
	def decode_codes(data):

elmimmo / command.tool

Last active December 18, 2024 21:40

Run adjacent command-line program from custom directory

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	set -e

	: ${run_dir:="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/CUSTOM_DIRECTORY"}

	# Find absolute path to script
	script_path=$(cd "${0%/}" 2>/dev/null; echo "$PWD"/"${0##/}")
	if [ -n "$(readlink "$script_path")" ]; then
	script_path=$(readlink "$script_path")

elmimmo / render.zsh

Last active February 8, 2024 18:47

Render multiple Blender documents and their scenes from the command line.

	#!/bin/zsh

	# Render multiple Blender documents and their scenes from the command line.
	# Only scenes named with the suffix "*" will be rendered.
	#
	# Author: Jorge Hernández Valiñani


	# Check dependencies
	: "${blender:="/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender"}"

elmimmo / export_snippets.py

Last active February 14, 2025 11:22

Export snippets stored in Dash by kapeli.com to text files

	import sqlite3
	import os

	# Connect to the SQLite database
	db_path = "dash snippets.dash" # Path to the SQLite database file
	conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
	cursor = conn.cursor()

	# Query to retrieve records from the "snippets" table
	cursor.execute("SELECT sid, title, body, syntax FROM snippets")

elmimmo / Spot inks to process.jsx

Last active January 10, 2025 13:26

Adobe InDesign scripts to convert spot ink swatches to process or set them to print as process

	// DESCRIPTION: Sets existing spot color inks to print as process.
	// Does not affect spot inks added after the script is ran, so rerun if necessary.
	// Jorge Hernández Valiñani

	#target indesign

	(function () {
	var doc = app.activeDocument;
	var myInks = doc.inks;
	var convertedCount = 0;

elmimmo / Reindex.tool

Last active November 29, 2019 12:27

Batch-add an empty file and Finder comment to a list of directories as a way of matching them to a catalog id

	#!/bin/bash

	# Batch-add an empty file and Finder comment to a list of directories
	# as a way of matching them to a catalog id.
	#
	# Takes a 2-column semicolon-separated CSV file. First column is a
	# directory; second column is a catalog index or id. Creates an empty
	# txt file whose filename is the catalog index in the 2nd column inside
	# the directory in the 1st column. Also writes the catalog index in the
	# 2nd column as a Finder comment (overwriting any existing one) of the

elmimmo / DumpCD.tool

Last active August 4, 2022 19:11

Dump contents of optical media upon inserting, then eject and repeat. (requires macOS)

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# Dump contents of optical media upon inserting, then eject and repeat.
	#
	# Requires macOS.
	#
	# If ran without the appropriate env variables, it will ask for:
	# * destination
	# * order no. to be recorded for the first media being copied. The orden no.
	# of each copy which will be logged into a CSV file created in _destination_

elmimmo / center-images.xhtml

Last active January 31, 2025 19:02

Center images in ebooks

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
	<title>Centering images in ebooks</title>

	<!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"/> -->
	<style type="text/css">
	.center-image {