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Re: Simple Script


  • Subject: Re: Simple Script
  • From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:32:34 -0400

In order to do the same task I don't bother to use AppleScript, but rather use TypeIt4Me, a typing expander that has a much broader and more general applicability than just mail, though TypeIt4Me gets a lot of exercise in mail I write every day. Heck, I use TypeIt4Me to type code blocks for me.

Just my opinion, but I find it's more convenient than a script because you don't have to take your hands off the keyboard to grab the mouse, and you're not limited to the number of boiler plates you could attach to the few function keys you have available. I'd recommend you try that out before using AppleScript to create boiler plate text.

- web

At 11:03 AM -0800 27/01/03, email@hidden wrote:
A newbie question...

I am looking for a very simple script. I want to add boiler plate text wherever the cursor is. Basically, I want to be able to press a function key, and have text inserted at the cursor. I will primarily use this for Mail.

Can a script just take the uppermost open window, and add text after the cursor? Or does it have to talk to a specific application.

It seems so simple, yet I haven't been able to make it work.

Thank you,

Ken Simpson
weblistings.com
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