First update for Alfred 4. Note that the BBCode keyword was not updated yet (may be removed after all).
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Altough I didn’t use QuickCursor because it was already unavailable due OSX sandbox, I find myself every now and then needing something like it.
Overview
You start typing in one application (e.g. a forum post, an email or a script in Apple Editor) then you realize you need a better editor or just want to type using your default text editor.
The common thing to do is select the text, copy it to the clipboard, open the text Editor, start a New Document then paste the content. After done you have to select the text, copy it to the clipboard then bring the initial application and finally paste the new content.
It’s not that hard but it can be faster...
Usage
in the initial application optionally select some text
bring Alfred and type the keyword editwith
now select your text editor: just start typing to find it and hit return key
the editor will be opened with the text you have selected initially or blank if there was no text initially
after writing, bring Alfred and type the keyword pasteback (the workflow will select the text automatically)
the previous application will be displayed and the text will be pasted back
In addition, the workflow saves the last used text editor so you can easily use it with a hotkey:
Optionally select text in the initial application
Hit the Edit with hotkey labeled “Copy” (the first one in the workflow)
After writing hit the second hotkey named “Paste Back”. Done.
You can also utilize the keyword pastebbcode so you can convert markdown into BBCode and then paste to the initial application. It can be very handy if you'd like to write a forum post with your Markdown text editor. The conversion is based on Markdown to BBCode workflow. Check the supported Markdown syntax in the workflow help (keyword editwith?).
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Version 4.0
Release Date 09 Jun 2016
OSX 10.11.5
Alfred 3
Edit With… for Alfred 2
Version 3.1
Release Date 24 Aug 2014
OSX 10.9.2
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What’s new
Version 4.0
Alfred 3 support
Version 3.1
Yosemite support
Version 3.0
First step keyword is now editwith
Paste back keyword is now pasteback
New Paste BBCode Back keyword pastebbcode
New Help keyword editwith?
Hotkey for paste BBCode back
Removed Alleyoop support
Version 2.0
Last used application listed right after the keyword ew (use the keyword at least once)
Curor at the end of the initial text too
The workflows detects if there is an initial selection otherwise it will select all text
The initial step does not require any text at all so you can start with a blank document
Supports Alfred 2.0.3 (187) AppleScript improvements
Version 1.6
Cursor at the end of new pasted text
Version 1.5
The initial text selection is optional
When the new text is ready the workflow will select it
Alleyoop 2 support
I have a file with abbreviation and desired expansions, for example for may LaTeX documents. I have it in Textmate and In there I can expand using this list. Do you think it is possible to make alfrd to read a list like this:
and not to have to do every single abbreviation by hand?
For example I can export my TextExpander snippets in to a single document (a list). It would be perfect If I can just make Alfred to use the list to expand my snippets.
I have tried but latexit does not support Applescript natively. There are sme workaround but before I can copy the image I need to determine when the rendering is done and this does not work. It seems impossible. Sorry.