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- | {{:wiki-icon.png?nolink |}} | + | ====== Official Keyboard Maestro Wiki ====== |
- | ====== Welcome to the Official Keyboard Maestro Wiki ====== | + | |
- | Welcome to the Keyboard Maestro Wiki, a community site for Keyboard Maestro users. Keyboard Maestro is a powerful macro program for macOS, and this wiki aims to encourage wider and deeper use of Keyboard Maestro by expanding on the [[User Manual]], explaining actions and their uses, helping people get started, and much more. | + | **Welcome to the Keyboard Maestro Wiki**, a [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki# | wiki]] designed just for Keyboard Maestro users of all levels of expertise and experience. Keyboard Maestro is a powerful [[https://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-choose-the-right-tools-to-automate-the-mac--cms-25531 | automation tool for macOS]] which uses [[manual:Macros|Macros]] to automate your [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow | workflows]]. **If you are relatively new to Keyboard Maestro, and need help**, then you may want to just jump to [[manual:Quick_Start]]. |
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+ | **Key Terms**: | ||
+ | * "_**[[manual:Macros|Macro]]**_" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow | Workflow]], Procedure, or Process | ||
+ | * "_**[[Actions|Action]]**_" -- Steps in the Workflow (etc) | ||
+ | * "_**[[Triggers|Trigger]]**_" -- The (user) event that causes a macro to be executed (eg, a hot key) | ||
+ | * For a complete list, see [[manual:Glossary]] | ||
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+ | ===== Purpose ===== | ||
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+ | This wiki aims to help new users get started, and then provide wider and deeper understanding of Keyboard Maestro by explaining how to create and use //Macros// and //Actions// in detail, usually with examples and references. We want to help you get started quickly, and then learn how to take full advantage of Keyboard Maestro. Note that now the [[User Manual]] is actually part of this Wiki. A search of this Wiki will include the [[User Manual]]. | ||
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+ | ===== Scope ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Keyboard Maestro App/Editor ==== | ||
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+ | This Wiki mostly provides information about using the **Keyboard Maestro.app**, or as it is sometimes called, the "**Keyboard Maestro editor**". This is the application that you use to create and manage your Keyboard Maestro [[manual:Macros|Macros]], and [[Macro_Groups|Macro Groups]]. Separate from the Keyboard Maestro app, is the **Keyboard Maestro Engine**, which is normally always running in the background. It is the software that detects and processes your Macro triggers, whether or not the Keyboard Maestro.app is running. | ||
+ | ==== Accessing Macros and Variables from Other Tools ==== | ||
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+ | The Wiki also includes how to access your Macros and Keyboard Maestro Variables from other tools, like [[Scripting|scripts]], [[trigger:URL|custom URL scheme]], and the [[trigger:Web_Server|Keyboard Maestro Web Server]]. | ||
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+ | ==== Responds to Help Requests from the Keyboard Maestro App ==== | ||
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+ | This Wiki will respond to a "help" request make from an Action in the Keyboard Maestro.app. For details see [[Getting Help in the Keyboard Maestro app]]. | ||
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===== Topics ===== | ===== Topics ===== | ||
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^Special Topics^Standard Topics^ | ^Special Topics^Standard Topics^ | ||
- | | • [[About Keyboard Maestro]] \\ • [[Applications]] \\ • [[External Links]] \\ • [[Forum]] \\ • [[Frequently Asked Questions|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]] \\ • [[Getting Started]] \\ • [[manual:Glossary]] \\ • [[Ideas]] \\ • [[manual:Quick Start]] \\ • [[Searching For Answers]] \\ • [[Search|Searching the Wiki]] \\ • [[Syncing Macros Between Macs]] \\ • [[Tips]] \\ • [[Transition]] from other programs or versions \\ • [[Transition From QuicKeys]] \\ • [[Troubleshooting]] \\ • [[User Manual]] \\ • [[Videos]] \\ • [[Wishlist]] \\ • [[WhatsNew]]| • [[Actions]] \\ • [[manual:Calculations]] \\ • [[Clipboards]] \\ • [[Collections]] \\ • [[Conditions]] \\ • [[Dates and Times]] \\ • [[Functions]] \\ • [[Macros]] \\ • [[Macro Groups]] \\ • [[Macro Library]] (example macros) \\ • [[Regular Expressions]] \\ • [[Scripting]] \\ • [[Status Menu]] \\ • [[Text Fields]] \\ • [[Tokens]] \\ • [[Triggers]] \\ • [[Variables]]| | + | | • [[About Keyboard Maestro]] \\ • [[Applications]] \\ • [[External Links]] \\ • [[Forum]] \\ • [[Frequently Asked Questions|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]] \\ • [[Getting Started]] \\ • [[manual:Glossary]] \\ • [[Ideas]] \\ • [[manual:Quick Start]] \\ • [[Scripting the Keyboard Maestro editor]] \\ • [[Search|Searching the Wiki]] \\ • [[Syncing Macros Between Macs]] \\ • [[Tips]] \\ • [[Transition]] from other programs or versions \\ • [[Transition From QuicKeys]] \\ • [[Troubleshooting]] \\ • [[User Manual]] \\ • [[Videos]] \\ • [[Wishlist]] \\ • [[WhatsNew]]| • [[Actions]] \\ • [[manual:Calculations|Calculations & Operators]] \\ • [[Clipboards]] \\ • [[Collections]] \\ • [[Conditions]] \\ • [[Dates and Times]] \\ • [[manual:Dictionaries]] \\ • [[Functions]] \\ • [[manual:Macros]] \\ • [[Macro Groups]] \\ • [[Macro Library]] (example macros) \\ • [[Regular Expressions]] \\ • [[Scripting]] \\ • [[Shortcut Actions]] \\ • [[Status Menu]]\\ • [[Subroutines]] \\ • [[Text Fields]] \\ • [[Tokens]] \\ • [[Triggers]] \\ • [[manual:Variables]]| |
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===== Using Search ===== | ===== Using Search ===== | ||
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- | ===== Becoming a Wiki Editor ===== | + | ===== Wiki Editing ===== |
+ | ==== How To Become an Editor ==== | ||
We would love to have real users editing these wiki pages, so if you would like an account to help add to the documentation about Keyboard Maestro, please [email us](mailto:support@stairways.com)! | We would love to have real users editing these wiki pages, so if you would like an account to help add to the documentation about Keyboard Maestro, please [email us](mailto:support@stairways.com)! | ||
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+ | ==== Markdown Syntax ==== | ||
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+ | For details on how to format a wiki page and on keyboard shortcuts, see:\\ | ||
+ | [[wiki:syntax|Markdown Syntax for Wiki]] | ||
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+ | ==== Style Guidelines ==== | ||
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+ | In order to ensure consistent styling/formatting throughout the wiki, we have established these guidelines on styling, see:\\ | ||
+ | [[Style_Guide|]] |