Case Converter (including Title Case) - now working on MacOS 12.3

[xilopaint]

Just now, deanishe said:

 

😕 Because we're bad at making LaunchBar plugins?

 

Because we are so prolific at development that a LaunchBar user chooses the Alfred Forum to request a LB plugin.

[deanishe]

On 6/13/2019 at 11:57 PM, xilopaint said:

Because we are so prolific at development that a LaunchBar user chooses the Alfred Forum to request a LB plugin.

 

Now that you mention it, I think the LaunchBar forums were made read-only a few months ago, so I guess you can't ask there… Sorry, @Ptujec! I suppose this currently is as good a place as any to ask.

[lycopodiopsida]

On 6/13/2019 at 9:39 PM, Ptujec said:

I know this is for Alfred. But is there any chance someone could make an Aktion like that for LaunchBar. Pretty please. And please don't hate me for using LaunchBar. 

Hi,

 

You don't need a workfow for such tasks in Launchbar. Launchbar has a pretty good system integration, so the only thing you need is a system service for text manipulation, as described here: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/ManipulateText.html

Here is a bigger collection but you will also find other if you google. After you install such a service, you can call it directly from LB.

[bhanquier]

Hi, 

First thanks for the great workflow. 

 

I've noticed an anomaly in its behavior with Microsoft Office apps (in Excel in particular is a bummer as that's where it's most useful). It's adding a backlash before any parenthesis (at least that's the only one I've identified, it doesn't touch { nor [ ).

I'm adding a screenshot of the text in Excel (blue background, ordinary spaces, no line returns), and of the resulting text in Case Converter. 

 

Any idea? 

 

Thanks a lot!

[dfay]

Hmm I'd never noticed that but there's an easy fix - go into each of the Run Script objects and the Script Filter and uncheck Escaping....Brackets.

[bhanquier]

Gained a perfectly working workflow in Office, and I finally understand what "Escaping" means in this case. 

Thanks a bunch! 

[OAL]

This doesn't work with other languages.  With Russian, Turkish or Azerbaijan character (sets?) for example.

 

Any ideas?

[deanishe]

2 hours ago, Orkhan Allahverdi said:

This doesn't work with other languages.  With Russian, Turkish or Azerbaijan character (sets?) for example.

 

Any ideas?

 

It certainly works with Cyrillic. Have you downloaded the correct version of the workflow?

[OAL]

On 8/30/2020 at 12:05 PM, deanishe said:

 

It certainly works with Cyrillic. Have you downloaded the correct version of the workflow?

Thanks a lot. I just assumed that the version on GitHub would be the latest. It wasn't. 

[Chris Messina]

On 8/28/2014 at 2:31 PM, dfay said:

@patrickmcd I'll do this in a separate workflow

 

@dfay did you end up releasing a fuller featured Case Converter with those additional options? I'd be interested in it. 

 

FWIW, I also cleaned up your workflow (download) a little bit to offer some synonyms (I would forget about the `cc` keyword) and also added notes to the scripts to make it easier to associate my preferred hotkeys:

 

[dfay]

yes - it’s at

 

 

 

[Mike Go]

On 8/30/2020 at 12:05 PM, deanishe said:

 

It certainly works with Cyrillic. Have you downloaded the correct version of the workflow?

It does work with non-Latin characters from Alfred using 'cc' keyword. But for me, it doesn't work from text selection using hotkeys. How can I fix this?

Thank you!

[dfay]

Have you set values for the hotkey triggers? Alfred clears them on import to avoid unintended conflicts.

[Mike Go]

17 minutes ago, dfay said:

Have you set values for the hotkey triggers? Alfred clears them on import to avoid unintended conflicts.

Yes, and it works fine for non-Latin characters. I've been using this workflow with keyboard shortcuts for about a year. But for non-Latin characters, this never worked for me.

[pojitonov]

I can confirm it is not working with Cyrillic using hotkeys. It would be nice to fix it. 

[dfay]

I'm thinking converting to python 3 should fix it.

[dtoub]

Hi. As with all workflows using Python 2, CC is broken in the latest developer seed of Monterey. Any updates yet? Your workflow is indispensable and I'd love for it to work again on my system 😉 

[dtoub]

I reinstalled Python 2 (2.7.18) and unfortunately that did not fix the issue. 

[vitor]

For people already on the Monterey beta, if you’ve followed the knowledge base article to reinstall Python 2, this version should work. It modifies the Workflow just enough for it to work with the newly installed Python 2.

 

@dfay may be interested in updating this for Python 3 or another language, so consider the above a stop gap if you’re in a hurry. If the Workflow has any kind of auto-update, the linked modified version will respect it.

[dfay]

So I've been playing around with the idea of writing v.3 entirely calling Shortcuts - i'd already built something largely equivalent for use on my iPad anyway.  All the individual actions are working but they insert an additional blank line.  The bigger problem is that Shortcuts Events isn't up to the task of running Shortcuts quickly enough to work in a script filter....

[dfay]

This is now working in MacOS 12.3 with Python 3.

 

Thanks to @giovanni for doing the hard work on CodeCase.  I just used FileMerge to see what he did, and replicated it here.

[Chris Messina]

On 3/26/2022 at 1:41 AM, dfay said:

 I just used FileMerge to see what he did, and replicated it here.

 

Could you share what he did so I might able to apply those techniques to other similar issues I encounter?  

[Chris Messina]

Also, FWIW, I moved some of the blocks around so they're easier to read. WDYT about using a similar layout (though I can see that now you funnel everything thru a single script, so the block notes aren't as useful)?

 

[dfay]

On 3/27/2022 at 12:39 PM, Chris Messina said:

 

Could you share what he did so I might able to apply those techniques to other similar issues I encounter?  

Sure.

I put it in a gist so you can view the changes easily.  Mostly it involved breaking its dependence on @deanishe's Python workflow framework.

 

https://gist.github.com/derickfay/4b46ebc69e4bd9d85817ffd6a6885dd6/revisions

 

[matthewmcvickar]

Thank you so much for this update, @dfay, it’s something I use all day.

 

@Chris Messina Re: labeling the hotkeys objects; you can right-click the hotkey object and select 'Edit Note' to add a label underneath the object, like in this screenshot: