QuickCursor is awesome but If you want a similar solution with Keyboard Maestro, written a version here: http://journal.kaush.co/500/open-with-bbedit-aka-quickcursor-using-keyboard-maestro
Obviously lacks the polish of QuickCursor, but with KM you can get a more customized solution. Also this should work with any other application too including Mail. > Cheers. On Friday, January 7, 2011 6:47:13 PM UTC+3, TJ Luoma wrote: > > There is a new app available called QuickCursor which will allow you > to edit text in *any* editable field using BBEdit. > > If you have ever wished that you could use BBEdit to edit text in > other applications, but found it was a pain to open the document in > one app, copy it app, paste it to BBEdit, make your changes, and then > paste it back into the original app, this is for you. > > Do you ever edit text in a CMS? Ever lost work because the browser > crashed on you and you hadn't "saved" your work? With QuickCursor you > can save in BBEdit as often as you like. It waits until you close the > BBEdit window before pasting the text back to the original app (and if > for some reason it can't get it back to the original app, it throws up > an immediate alert and puts the text on the clipboard so it won't be > lost. > > You can see a (40 second) screencast here (be sure to make it > full-screen so you can actually see what's happening): > > http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/quickcursor > > on the Mac App Store here: > > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quickcursor/id404035899?mt=12 > > I am absolutely unrelated to the app in any way except that when I saw > the screencast back in November, I begged for an early version, have > been using it since then, and absolutely love it. It was my first Mac > App Store purchase (as in, I had a free version of it and I then paid > $5 for it) and I included it in my favorite apps of 2010: > > http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/23/the-best-mac-applications-i-used-in-2010 > > I thought it might be of-interest to folks here. > > TjL > > ps - it apparently works with something called "other text editors" too :-) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
