Script Debugger features intelligent clippings — bits of boilerplate text that you can insert into your code in a smart way. You can insert a clipping in any of the following ways:

• Choose it from the Clippings menu ().

• Choose Window > Inspectors > Clippings to show the Clippings inspector (if necessary), and then, in the Clippings inspector, double-click a clipping (or select it and click the Paste button).

• Control-click in a script window’s text area and choose Paste Clipping from the contextual menu.

For example, a repeat block is a common control structure. Select some text in your script that you’d like to be inside a repeat block. Now choose a repeat block clipping, such as “repeat n times”. A repeat block is inserted into your script window, wrapped around the text that you selected.

The tooltip for a Clippings menu item is the content of the clipping (hover the mouse over a menu item to see it).

If you’re interested in creating your own clippings, read on.