Msg: Re: Mac users: good macro program?

Carl,

I agree but I like Macs for music and maybe email. There’s nothing nearly as good as Eudora, but it can’t handle UTF, among other limitations and TBird has no real relation to Eudora. Might want to use its calendar too.

I have Python on my Mac Mini, so I’ll ask Dr. Google about making it get triggered by keystrokes.

Happy New Year,

Harry

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Subject: Re: Mac users: good macro program?

Reply to note from Harry Binswanger <hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Wed, 29 Dec 2021
02:21:17 +0000

Harry,

> I need something similar [to AutoHotkey] for Mac. I've tried
> everything I know about, including Karabiner (whose programming
> language is horrid, not Basic-like or Python-like).

Well, Python runs on a Mac, and Python is, um, Python-like.

https://docs.python.org/3/using/mac.html

I don't know from Macs, but if you write your scripts in Python, I've
got to believe there's a way to map them to keys in MacOS.

I confess I've never understood the allure of the Mac. (I did try one,
some 20+ years ago, and was underwhelmed.) Oh, sure, if your work is
graphics-intensive ... I suppose.... But for word-processing, text
manipulation, and the like? Seems like six of one to me.

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Carl Distefano
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