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July 18, 2008A great way to gather text together in one place…
Here’s one of those situations that takes a lot of time to explain, a little time to set up, and the blink of an eye to implement.
Step 1.
Use Sogudi to create a very short name for a website that you regularly visit. An example might be assigning NY to the New York Times site. To recap how Sogudi works, once you have assigned such a shortcut it’s simply a case of typing NY, followed by a space, in the address bar – then hitting return to go to the site.
Step 2.
In Butler, make a new Keystrokes Smart Item and in the Keys section: Press the Command key as well as L, followed by a delay (from the + menu) of 0.5 seconds. Follow that with the keys N and Y and then hit Return. You now have a little macro that opens the address bar ready for entry, waits a moment, types in NY and hits Return.
Step 3.
Go to the Triggers tab and give it a simple trigger like Opt-N. When you assign the trigger, make sure it’s only valid in Safari.
So, you’re in Safari looking at, whatever, when you decide you want to check up on the New York Times site; Opt-N and BOOM, you’re on your way.
A second here, a second there. It all adds up.
