Hello,
If applications are in the dock then pressing the VO-D then the first few
letters of the applications followed by return will launch the application.
Alternatively, you could use the open command in terminal.
open -a textedit
will open and activate the textedit application
open myDocument.txt
will open myDocument.txt in the default application for that file
open -a textedit myDocument.txt
will open myDocument.txt in the textedit application
Here is some more info:
joncohn@speedy ~ %
open: unrecognized option `--help'
Usage: open [-e] [-t] [-f] [-W] [-R] [-n] [-g] [-h] [-s <partial SDK name>][-b
<bundle identifier>] [-a <application>] [-u URL] [filenames] [--args arguments]
Help: Open opens files from a shell.
By default, opens each file using the default application for that file.
If the file is in the form of a URL, the file will be opened as a URL.
Options:
-a Opens with the specified application.
-b Opens with the specified application bundle
identifier.
-e Opens with TextEdit.
-t Opens with default text editor.
-f Reads input from standard input and opens with
TextEdit.
-F --fresh Launches the app fresh, that is, without restoring
windows. Saved persistent state is lost, excluding Untitled documents.
-R, --reveal Selects in the Finder instead of opening.
-W, --wait-apps Blocks until the used applications are closed (even
if they were already running).
--args All remaining arguments are passed in argv to the
application's main() function instead of opened.
-n, --new Open a new instance of the application even if one
is already running.
-j, --hide Launches the app hidden.
-g, --background Does not bring the application to the foreground.
-h, --header Searches header file locations for headers matching
the given filenames, and opens them.
-s For -h, the SDK to use; if supplied, only SDKs
whose names contain the argument value are searched.
Otherwise the highest versioned SDK in each
platform is used.
-u, --url URL Open this URL, even if it matches exactly a filepath
-i, --stdin PATH Launches the application with stdin connected to
PATH; defaults to /dev/null
-o, --stdout PATH Launches the application with /dev/stdout connected
to PATH;
--stderr PATH Launches the application with /dev/stderr connected
to PATH to
--env VAR Add an enviroment variable to the launched process,
where VAR is formatted AAA=foo or just AAA for a null string value.
Jonathan Cohn
> On Jun 26, 2022, at 19:57, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
> One thing I am personally finding I seriously need is basic keyboard typing
> practice.
> On my main computers, because I have been using them for so many years, I am
> a swift typist who is very very very used to keeping my hands on the main
> keyboard and knowing where I am from a screen reader standpoint as well.
> I am personally feeling that some time with either textedit, or pages, will
> let me just practice typing with no fear that I will set something off with
> the mac itself.
> I want to be so solid with my typing that entering my password without input
> will be effortless, I doubt I can turn off having to provide his for my apple
> ID for example.
> so, at this stage, what is the fastest way to load textedit? say using the
> menu bar, if that is an option?
> I will want to know as well how to keep certain programs I use often either
> in the finder, or in the menu, bar, which ever is most practical.
> I am used to just typing whatever starts the program, I never used windows at
> all.
> Ideas?
> Kare
>
>
>
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