Having worked with KM on my Mac for more than 2.5 years, I had to switch my operating system and am wondering if folks here in this group have played with any...
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John Masters
joemastersk
Apr 2, 2012 6:45 pm
... I use AutoHotKey on W7 at work and yes, it is nowhere near KM but is probably about the nearest you will get on the Windows platform due to the limitations...
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James Powell
powelljiml
Apr 2, 2012 8:00 pm
One feature I have always liked in Word is the ability to select an entire sentence and delete it. I am now using Pages a lot, which does not have that...
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openvms_tbc
Apr 3, 2012 4:37 am
In the Control Flow category, I don't see anything like a sub-routine command. For example, lets say you have a group of the same actions that need to be...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 3, 2012 4:55 am
You can make your subroutine a macro of its own and call it with the Execute a Macro action. And a variable you define or set in a macro will be available in...
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openvms_tbc
Apr 3, 2012 1:19 pm
Thanks, the sub-routine part using a seperate macro makes a lot of sense. What about general flow control within a script? Is there anything like a "goto"...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 3, 2012 1:35 pm
No, there's no "goto" per se. But again, using conditional actions in combination with calling other macros usually does the trick for me. And if it's not...
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ACBell
adambell22
Apr 3, 2012 4:42 pm
Some time ago, James Sehrier posted a macro for normalizing dates. I converted that to AppleScript and a group of interested scripters at MacScripter.net...
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Jen Cluse
jencluse
Apr 3, 2012 10:18 pm
... This sounds like a long time user of HP's programming language, Forth, IIRC, aching for it clarity and simplicity :D Like me. ... etc...
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Christopher Stone
ccstone_swrd
Apr 4, 2012 4:27 am
... ______________________________________________________________________ Hey There, Let's keep in mind that Keyboard Maestro is a macro program rather than a...
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Christopher Stone
ccstone_swrd
Apr 4, 2012 4:38 am
... ______________________________________________________________________ Hey Adam, That shouldn't be any trouble. However I don't think you'll be able to...
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zettt81
Apr 4, 2012 8:55 am
Hello everyone, I'm working on a Markdown library for Keyboard Maestro. I'm making good progress. Actually the library is finished, but I want to make some...
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Peter N Lewis
peterneillewis
Apr 5, 2012 2:27 am
... It would be very hard to do using user interaction stuff in Keyboard Maestro. But Pages is AppleScriptable and after a quick look at the scripting...
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Christopher Stone
ccstone_swrd
Apr 5, 2012 11:42 am
... ______________________________________________________________________ Hey Andreas, Please post a more clear illustration of your before and after...
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openvms_tbc
Apr 6, 2012 12:23 pm
Great example. Thank you very much!...
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darkskyzfrance
Apr 6, 2012 12:51 pm
Hi all, I am using Keyboard Maestro both for "at the keyboard" automation and in bed watching TV or on the road automation, you name it. One thing I use...
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Benedick
benedick_miller
Apr 6, 2012 1:00 pm
Hi, new to this forum so apologies in advance for my ignorance. I have searched for the answer but not found anything so far, so I am asking: how can I stop...
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ACBell
adambell22
Apr 6, 2012 1:43 pm
You only have to run this shell script: open /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app and your screen will...
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jono_iconaholic
Apr 6, 2012 1:52 pm
I'm wanting to use a single key to activate 2 different actions if possible. It would work as follows: Press F12 Run macro 1 Press F12 again Run macro 2 Press...
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darkskyzfrance
Apr 6, 2012 1:52 pm
Thanks for answering but your solution brings the screensaver on, which is not what I want to achieve, I want the screen to sleep (=turn off) Nicolas...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 6, 2012 2:03 pm
Give both macros the same trigger, and end them with an action that disables the current macro and an action that enables the other one. That action can be...
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jono_iconaholic
Apr 6, 2012 2:22 pm
That works great. Thanks a lot!...
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ACBell
adambell22
Apr 6, 2012 2:46 pm
To make the screen sleep, the machine has to sleep. All you need is a macro containing a "Select a Menu Item" action, with Menu Title "Apple" and Menu Item...
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Gabe Glick
antlink15
Apr 6, 2012 2:55 pm
Not true. Just press Shift+Control+Eject and you'll turn the display off, which is what the OP is looking to do via KM. Speaking of which, OP, I found a...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 6, 2012 2:58 pm
Sorry but the screen sleep and the machine sleep are two different things. There's a shell command that will put the machine to sleep (pmset sleepnow) but I...
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darkskyzfrance
Apr 6, 2012 3:42 pm
Thanks Gabe and Philippe. I used the hot corner trick manually for some time a few years ago (before I knew the keyboard shortcut) but I did not think about...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 6, 2012 3:59 pm
I didn't try it before, but I just did and it didn't work for me either. Sorry about that, I thought it would have worked. Google returned a couple of other...
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ACBell
adambell22
Apr 6, 2012 7:40 pm
The first works nicely. Put it in an Execute AppleScript action like this: tell application "Finder" to open posix file "/Applications/SleepDisplay.app" ... ...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 6, 2012 7:50 pm
Hi, Launch KM Editor and select the menu item File > Quit Engine, then File > Launch Engine. OTOH, if you wanted to kill the engine because a macro you're...
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Gabe Glick
antlink15
Apr 6, 2012 11:09 pm
Perhaps you don't need this answer anymore, but I did get the hot trigger to work just with KM. Just make sure the mouse action is set to Move only, not Move...
