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DONE: abbreviations importer
jgpaiva:
can you pls support unicode?
-kimmchii (March 06, 2006, 10:57 PM)
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Hi kimmchii!
I've already looked into it, but the script becomes much slower when I add unicode tranformation.
I've attached to this post a hotstring script. Please edit this script's folowing lines:
--- ---Function("African-American female","aaf")there, place your abbreviation instead of b]aaf[/b], and replacement instead of [African-American female.
--- ---:*B0:aaf::there, replace aaf by the abbreviation.
Then, try the script, and see if it works properlly, please.
(the hotstrings are triggered by ';')
Disclaimer: this in not the hotstring script creator, only one test for kimmchii to try the unicode support.
Harrie:
ChangeLog:
- added "about/donate" button and dialog.
- search for repeated entries is now integrated in the main script
- there is a progress bar when looking for repeated entries (to avoid comeone thinking that the computer might have crashed ;) )
- trigger function is fixed (it works now, but Harrie reported a bug i still couldn't fix)
- added "esc" key functionality in the main screen
- lowered the keysending time, now hotsrings are replaced faster
- added traytip with "file creation ended" because sometimes it takes time to create the file, and that could be the origin for some problems
- added function that when you write an abbreviation in CAPS, the replacement is in CAPS
When you can test it, i'd be very thankful if you could post your comments here!
(post above updated with new version)
-jgpaiva (March 08, 2006, 05:23 AM)
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My comments are that the caps feature seems to be working fantastically well. That is such a must and it's great to have it in there. And I'm slapping myself all over the place for not mentioning it in the first place.
The tooltip letting you know to wait while the file is being created, and the tooltip letting you know it's done, are also a big improvement, I think. Just in case someone doesn't realize that something is happening in the background, though they can't see it.
Also, the speed default is much better now. That will be sure to be everyone's favorite improvement. Hehe.
Who wouldn't love that repeated entries is now incorporated in the main script?
The only bug I am finding now is that certain words seem to want to expand with an extra character, or otherwise don't come out correctly. And it's only certain ones. As I said in an email, this is certainly not unheard of even in commercial, professional expanders. It's something that sometimes happens. Sometimes the culprit is that a person has Word AutoCorrect on and perhaps has the same short form in there. Also, simply Word itself has been called the culprit. But I'm getting this in other apps, too, like my email app. I think it has to do with the timing settings (just because of experience with other expanders).
With all of the other features you have added, if we can squash that one, it will be great! You've turned an idea into something very real. I can't tell you how much I love it! I've already offered the first version on my site and, when done, will definitely post again with the updated version.
brotherS:
I can't tell you how much I love it! I've already offered the first version on my site and, when done, will definitely post again with the updated version.
-Harrie (March 08, 2006, 08:02 AM)
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Why don't you just link to this page, so people could join the discussion? That way they might also stumble upon other great DC apps!
Harrie:
Harrie,
I have to abstract lots of journals, hence I find this kind of tool useful. Apart from PC-Write's built-in feature, the only one I've tried myself is AHK, apart from a very quick dabble with PowerPro. That is an impenetrable program, except that text snippets are the easiest part of it. They're attached to buttons rather than hotstrings (I daresay you can have those too, but I never got that far).
-rjbull (March 06, 2006, 04:26 AM)
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You're getting me interested in all sorts of things now! Speaking of PowerPro, I believe I had tried that. It's a program I didn't give enough time to. I found it difficult. But sometimes when programs are a bit challenging for me, with lots of features to learn, I give up too soon when I know that if I'd only give it a little more time.......Anyway, buttons sound good so long as you definitely could have them in hotstrings for folks who never want to go the clickie route, LOL.
Abstracting journals - that sounds very interesting. I don't feel I really know what it involves, but for some reason, it brings to mind a program I just recently learned about, from a member of my board, a translator. This program is cool! It's called TextSTAT and it's free. Here's a link It can sort words by frequency for you. What I went crazy over was, if you double click on a word, all the phrases that it's in (in your documents) come up. Wow! For MTs, that can be a heavenly gift, to let you add your most frequently used phrases in your expander. Runs on Mac and Linux, too. Probably has nothing to do with what you do, but........maybe.
I hadn't realised the quality of Instant Text when I first posted. I see it costs $189, and if price is anything to go by, it should be good! The ColorPilot one is only about $25 (from memory). The author of the KeyNote organizer/outliner recommends IntelliComplete, which is about $50. IntelliComplete is here http://flashpeak.com/icomp/
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Instant Text is high quality. I did post my review, and in that thread, IntelliComplete came up there, too. Thanks for the info. Gotta check out ColorPilot. Another good expander is Shorthand for Windows. It's excellent and does have a downloadable demo. But, there can be no changing for me. That's how incredible I feel Instant Text is.
In his smallwares list, MarkTAW http://www.marktaw.com/reviews/MyFavoriteSmallware.html
says he uses PC Magazine's RoboType for standardized text like signatures and bits of code. You have to pay an low-cost annual subscription to access PC Magazine utilities, but subsequent use is free (i.e., I think, subscribe for a year, grab what you want, and use if forever without further payment).
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I've read about RoboType for years! I think it is very, very popular!
Of course, the good thing about AHK is that's it's completely free (with donation possible) and hotstring files are simple plain text, which makes them very easy to share, though AHK hotstrings on their own don't have a point-and-shoot interface. Also they won't work on Win9x, if anyone but me is still a dinosaur 8)
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AHK is awesome! And to be able to make executables, too, for people who don't have it and maybe only want one or two certain scripts! Yes, easy to share, plain text, working in any application, working off a USB stick, I'm with you, it's great. The one thing I will disagree with is that I've seen reviews that say it is "easy." To me, it isn't easy to learn to program in AHK. Not that it should be, you understand. I'm just saying, if you don't know anything about programming languages, a review should not claim that it's simple.
Maybe one day I'll talk about ActiveWords! I love that program to death. Doesn't have the power of AHK, but it has a whole lot of power nevertheless. And although it does text substitution, I don't use it for that. Rather, for automating all sorts of other things.
Dinosaurs interest me! Some older apps remain the greatest. Oh, this reminds me about a freeware site, I think it's called Pricelessware, and I think it offers up a lot of older programs, unless I'm mistaking it for another site.
Hi, Brother. Sure will! I have a habit of wanting to wait until everything is squared away and then tuck it all into a neat little package with everything together and all instructions, etc. straightened out. Did post about DC in a general post, too. Love this place!
brotherS:
AHK is awesome! And to be able to make executables, too, for people who don't have it and maybe only want one or two certain scripts! Yes, easy to share, plain text, working in any application, working off a USB stick, I'm with you, it's great. The one thing I will disagree with is that I've seen reviews that say it is "easy." To me, it isn't easy to learn to program in AHK. Not that it should be, you understand. I'm just saying, if you don't know anything about programming languages, a review should not claim that it's simple.
-Harrie (March 08, 2006, 08:28 AM)
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Well, it's not easy if the only thing you program is the remote control for your TV ;)
But honestly, AHK allows you to start very small (think hotstrings), and then to learn from example. When you run into problems that the nice info on http://www.autohotkey.com/ can't help you with you just ask others, for example in the AHK forums. Doing this, you'll increase your knowledge over time.
So yes, I would call AHK easy - the same way it's easy to drive a Porsche across the kindergarten parking lot. It just requires more practice and training to speed that same Porsche over the Nürburgring at 150 mph successfully.
:)
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