Hi Jef, I notice you're using iKey and I'm curious whether you've ever used QuicKeys. I used to use the latter and always found it a bit clunky, especially for more complicated tasks, so I left it alone for a few years and eventually came back to a newer version and had the same issues.
Currently I'm not using any third party software to automate things in Finale and would love to know if you've found iKey both relatively simple and reliable. After writing this I'll see if there's a demo I can try, but firsthand experience is most welcome. If it matters, I'd be using it in Lion (10.7.4). Thanks, Doug On Aug 22, 2012, at 2:32 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > they can be accessed from within the tool, but the tools themselves > can also be assigned metatools (ctl-f through '). since they are per > tool, you have 35+ metatools for each of the tools i listed (so > something like 280+ in total). if they were tool-independent, you > would only have 35+ TOTAL. > > i use iKey extensively for various tasks and task sequences which > give you even more "metatools" and that are generally > tool-independent; you can use a variety of key combinations in iKey, > for example, i press ctl-opt-n to call up the change expression > dalogue, cmd-ctl-t to run TGTools shift accidentals and dismiss the > dialogue on a selected region. you can also build dozens of tasks in > a single key command to across a variety of tools, essentially > building your own plugins, i suppose. > >> Refresh my memory -- metatools are key combinations that work from >> any tool in the program? Or do you have to be in the tool for which >> the metatool was programmed? > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
