Re: Arbitrary Keybindings in BBEdit

2013-05-13 Thread Christopher Finazzo
In an ideal scenario, I wouldn't have to use modifier keys (Command, Option, etc.) at all in order to invoke the clipping. It just seems odd to me that autocomplete is pigeon-holed into this relatively limited way of doing things... On Friday, May 10, 2013 11:24:29 AM UTC-4, Fritz Anderson

Re: Arbitrary Keybindings in BBEdit

2013-05-13 Thread Christopher Finazzo
I've tried them, but the whole idea of these kinds of text expansion apps just doesn't appeal to me. If I'm thinking about it objectively, I can see there is a use case for some people, but that's not me. If someone can find out how to sell this idea to regular people, maybe it would catch on

Re: Arbitrary Keybindings in BBEdit

2013-05-13 Thread Kevin McKenzie
Hi. I guess I'm a bit confused, then. I can understand why test expansion and the like wouldn't appeal to some people, but for solving your particular problem, TextExpander would work. You could tell it, for example, that if you typed HTML in bbedit, and then followed it with a chosen

Re: Arbitrary Keybindings in BBEdit

2013-05-13 Thread John Delacour
On 13/5/13 at 21:16, chris.fina...@gmail.com (Christopher Finazzo) wrote: In an ideal scenario, I wouldn't have to use modifier keys (Command, Option, etc.) at all in order to invoke the clipping. It just seems odd to me that autocomplete is pigeon-holed into this relatively limited way of

Re: Arbitrary Keybindings in BBEdit

2013-05-13 Thread Steve Samuels
Take a look at bbautocomplete http://c-command.com/bbautocomplete/ . On Monday, May 13, 2013 6:36:17 PM UTC-4, John Delacour wrote: On 13/5/13 at 21:16, chris@gmail.com javascript: (Christopher Finazzo) wrote: In an ideal scenario, I wouldn't have to use modifier keys (Command,