Update Bates Source Link.scpt

- Removed unused Perl deeplink formatter script
- Added quotation marks before and after selected text in clipboard

Bates Source Link.scpt

@@ -4,32 +4,37 @@ tell application id "DNtp"
 		set theRecord to content record of think window 1
 		set pageNumber to current page of think window 1
 		set theTitle to name of theRecord
-		set quotedText to (selected text of think window 1) as string
+		
+		-- Get selected text
+		set selectedText to (selected text of think window 1) as string
+		
+		-- Add quote marks around selected text
+		set quotedText to "\"" & selectedText & "\""
+		
+		-- Get source link of selected text
 		set sourceLink to reference URL of think window 1
 		
 		-- Extract the numeric part and prefix from the document's title
 		set numericPart to my extractNumericPart(theTitle)
 		set prefix to my extractPrefix(theTitle)
 		
-		-- Determine the Bates number or fallback
-		if numericPart is "" then
-			set batesFormatted to theTitle & " at " & pageNumber + 1
-		else
+		
+		if numericPart is "" then -- Handle non-Bates cites
+			set formattedCite to theTitle & " at " & pageNumber + 1
+			
+		else -- Handle Bates cites	
 			set batesNumber to numericPart + pageNumber
-			set batesFormatted to my formatBatesNumber(batesNumber, prefix)
+			set formattedCite to my formatBatesNumber(batesNumber, prefix)
 		end if
 		
-		-- URL encoding using Perl
-		set encodedText to do shell script "perl -MURI::Escape -e 'print uri_escape(q{" & quotedText & "});'"
-		
 		-- Create the markdown link
-		set markdownLink to "[" & batesFormatted & "](" & sourceLink & ")"
+		set markdownLink to "[" & formattedCite & "](" & sourceLink & ")"
 		
 		-- Compile the final clipboard content and update the clipboard
 		set finalClipboardContent to quotedText & " " & markdownLink & "."
 		set the clipboard to finalClipboardContent
 		
-	on error errMsg
+	on error errMsg -- Error handling
 		display dialog "Error: " & errMsg -- Show any errors that occur
 	end try
 end tell
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ end formatBatesNumber
 -- Extract numeric part from the document title
 on extractNumericPart(title)
 	try
-		-- Adjusted Perl script to capture only the numeric sequence following one or more uppercase letters and a space or underscore
+		-- Perl script to capture only the numeric sequence following one or more uppercase letters and a space or underscore
 		set perlScript to "perl -ne 'print $1 if /^[A-Z]+[ _]([0-9]+)(?:-[0-9]+)?/; exit;'"
 		return do shell script "echo " & quoted form of title & " | " & perlScript
 	on error errMsg
@@ -50,15 +55,14 @@ on extractNumericPart(title)
 	end try
 end extractNumericPart
 
-
-
-
 -- Extract prefix (non-numeric part) from the document title
 on extractPrefix(title)
 	set prefix to ""
 	repeat with aChar in characters of title
+		-- stop when we reach a numeric character
 		if aChar is in "0123456789" then exit repeat
 		set prefix to prefix & aChar
 	end repeat
 	return prefix
 end extractPrefix
+