NOTE: THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES THE KEYQUENCER MACRO ENGINE
• Shareware - $10 - cash only
◊ This utility is part of the KeyQuencer package, which is a powerful shareware macro engine. The $10 registration for KeyQuencer also covers the Macro Editor. The KeyQuencer control panel provides full online documentation as well as a handy registration form.
◊ This version of the Macro Editor is a fat application, containing both 680x0 and native PowerPC code. It was not included in the standard KeyQuencer package because it is noticeably larger than the 680x0 version without being much faster (most of the Macro Editor’s code handles the user interface, so there’s nothing much to accellerate).
• The Macro Editor application
◊ The Macro Editor is a simple text editor with some extra features that allow it to cooperate with KeyQuencer. You can save macros as plain text files and store them anywhere you like (including handy places like the “Startup Items” and “Apple Menu” folders); double-clicking a text macro file or dropping it onto the Macro Editor’s icon launches the macro it contains. The Macro Editor can quit automatically after it has executed your macro if you don’t want it to hang around.
◊ The try macro command lets you execute a macro on the fly, without going to the control panel or assigning it to a particular keystroke. This makes it a lot easier to test new macros, even though you’ll have to begin them with a SwitchApp command if they are intended to work on top of a specific application.
◊ The insert pathname command is useful with commands like Open, so you don’t have to remember the names of all your files and folders.
◊ The extensions menu works much like the command and parameter lists in the control panel’s macro editor; you may use it to quickly build a macro with very little typing.
◊ The help window gathers information about all the currently installed KeyQuencer extensions; you can save the text and print it with a text editor to create a quick reference for all of KeyQuencer’s commands.
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◊ All non-profit user groups may distribute it at no charge.
◊ All magazines may publish it on floppy disk without asking me first, as long as I get a copy of the issue containing my software.
◊ All CD-ROM shareware collections and CD-ROM magazines may include it without my prior consent, as long as I get either a copy of the CD-ROM or an offer to buy the CD-ROM at a discounted price.
◊ All redistribution companies such as Educorp may distribute it, as long as I get a copy of each media containing my software and a catalog of the company’s offerings (where applicable).
• Disclaimer
◊ The Macro Editor shouldn’t cause any damage, but you’re using it at your own risk. As an independent software developer, I can make no warranties whatsoever on it.
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