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"John A.M. Darnell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Mr. Briggs:

   You forgot two very important pieces of information:  the price and 
where we can get said software...

R,

John A.M. Darnell
Project Leader
Internal Software Development
Walsworth Publishing Company
John may also be reached at johnamdarnell (at) gmail dot com

Question:  In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, English version, who 
played the voice of the Ent, Fangorn?




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FYI - new TypeIt4Me feature of interest to scripters






Afternoon folks.

 Finally I get to expose this on the list.

 I'm going to give a bit of a shameless product plug, but I have no 
financial stake in the product. Just a satisfied user and beta tester who 
got the nod from the developer today to make the feature public on the 
scripting lists. And since this is the audience that would have an 
interest in the latest feature, here we go.

 If any of you are TypeIt4Me users you might be interested to know that 
the latest version will allow you to run AppleScripts by typing a mnemonic 
of your choosing. I've been using a working version of this for about 
three + months now and it's pretty convenient. 

 Type it for me normally acts as a typing expander; for example, when I 
type "sor" my Mac spits out "Sorry for the delay in replying." You set up 
your own expansions list and the abbreviations you want to use to trigger 
them. It'll also do date and time stamps and other convenient things. 

 But the new version allows you to put in AppleScripts in the text 
expansion field and when preceded by a special character (to indicate to 
TypeIt4Me that it's an AppleScript), your script runs. For example, in my 
setup typing "gg" followed by a space pulls up a browser window with the 
Google main page. I've been using numerous other such expansions. 

 I've used TypeIt4Me for about 8 years now and it has saved me from typing 
millions of characters. Now it's even more useful as many of my frequently 
used scripts can be triggered from any application by typing a mnemonic. 
No nee to touch a mouse and doesn't involve F-keys. Just leave your 
fingers on the home position and type the shorthand. Pretty convenient. 

 That's all I wanted to say. If you're not already using a typing expander 
it's well worth a look. 

 - web

(cross posted to the MacScripting list)

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