Thanks Ricardo, that’s an interesting idea. Do you know if there’s a way of embedding a press of the return key in a keyboard dictionary entry? Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 26/11/2013, at 10:28 am, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > How about setting up a dictionary shortcut? Like for example, many people > use this feature on there iPhone when texting. You would write I don’t > know., and it would expand out to I don’t know. You could use 2 symbols like > gl and would expand to your hash tag. I know its not very elegant, but, I > think it would work for you. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Nov 25, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, I’d be very grateful for any advice from people with much more >> knowledge of Automater and Apple Script than I have. >> I have what I think is quite a simple task but I’m not sure about the best >> tool or method for achieving it. >> What I want to do is set up a key in VO so that when in the edit field for >> typing a tweet in Night Owl/YoruFukurou, I can press a single key that sends >> a specific string, then presses Return to send the tweet. I want to do this >> to send a hashtag I use regularly so the string is always the same. >> The idea is that I would write my tweet, then include this hashtag at the >> end by pressing this single key. >> I’m not sure if using Apple Script or Automater is the best way of getting >> this done, and what the process would be for either. I know how to use the >> commander to assign either a workflow or a script to a key, but actually >> getting the task automated is where I’d appreciate the advice. >> If anyone can provide some advice and examples, I’d really appreciate it, >> thanks. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
