(autohotkey) - launch files/folders/urls from a text list

text launcher.ahk

#noEnv
#singleInstance, force
sendMode, input
return


!l:: goSub, get_text_to_launch
!+l::goSub, text_launcher    ; repeat last selection



get_text_to_launch:
clipboard_save := clipboardAll
clipboard := ""
send ^{c}              ; check for selected text
clipWait, 0.3
if (clipboard = "")    ; if nothing was selected, then select all
    {
    send ^{a}^{c}
    clipWait, 0.3
    send {right}       ; deselect text
    }
selected_text := clipboard
clipboard := clipboard_save
goSub, text_launcher
return


text_launcher:
menu, tl_menu, add,     % t := "text launcher", run_line
menu, tl_menu, default, % t
menu, tl_menu, disable, % t
menu, tl_menu, add

    ; create menu
loop, parse, selected_text, `n, `r
    {
    if a_loopField is space
        continue
    line := trim(a_loopField)

    if fileExist("C:\Users\" a_userName . line)
        line := "C:\Users\" a_userName . line         ; convert "\Documents\file.txt" to full path

    quoted_path := subStr(line, 2, strLen(line) - 2)  ; catch paths with quotes on either side
    if fileExist(quoted_path)
        line := quoted_path

        ; if url, folder or file
    if regExMatch(line, "http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+")
    or instr(fileExist(line), "D")
    or fileExist(line)
        menu, tl_menu, add, % line, run_line
    }

menu, tl_menu, show
menu, tl_menu, delete
return


run_line:
run, % a_thisMenuItem
return


/*
[script info]
version      = 1.0
description  = launch files/folders/urls from a text list
author       = davebrny
source       = https://gist.github.com/davebrny/dea8b041f3d3ac3faeb9d915163c0ba3
*/

that explains it!
thanks very much :)