I've been a TypeIt4Me user since a couple of weeks after Riccardo made
it available to the public. The AppleScript feature sounds like it
could be very useful. It's a lot easier to remember abbreviations than
the keyboard combinations I'm currently using with QuicKeys to activate
scripts.
Is there some reason why you didn't reveal the special character that
needs to precede the AppleScript link and the form in which the
AppleScript link needs to be?
Is this feature included in the v. 3.1 beta I'm currently running?
Marc [01/16/2007 12:03:53 AM]
On Jan 15, 2007, at 2:22 PM, email@hidden
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From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
Subject: FYI - new TypeIt4Me feature of interest to scripters
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Afternoon folks.
Finally I get to expose this on the list.
I'm going to give a bit of a shameless product plug, but I have no
financial stake in the product. Just a satisfied user and beta tester
who got the nod from the developer today to make the feature public on
the scripting lists. And since this is the audience that would have an
interest in the latest feature, here we go.
If any of you are TypeIt4Me users you might be interested to know
that the latest version will allow you to run AppleScripts by typing a
mnemonic of your choosing. I've been using a working version of this
for about three + months now and it's pretty convenient.
Type it for me normally acts as a typing expander; for example, when
I type "sor" my Mac spits out "Sorry for the delay in replying." You
set up your own expansions list and the abbreviations you want to use
to trigger them. It'll also do date and time stamps and other
convenient things.
But the new version allows you to put in AppleScripts in the text
expansion field and when preceded by a special character (to indicate
to TypeIt4Me that it's an AppleScript), your script runs. For example,
in my setup typing "gg" followed by a space pulls up a browser window
with the Google main page. I've been using numerous other such
expansions.
I've used TypeIt4Me for about 8 years now and it has saved me from
typing millions of characters. Now it's even more useful as many of my
frequently used scripts can be triggered from any application by
typing a mnemonic. No nee to touch a mouse and doesn't involve F-keys.
Just leave your fingers on the home position and type the shorthand.
Pretty convenient.
That's all I wanted to say. If you're not already using a typing
expander it's well worth a look.
