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Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/03/18 04:33]
peternlewis Keyboard Maestro editor
Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/04/14 19:02] (current)
JMichaelTX Removed script from Section 4 because it won't even compile.
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 ===== 4. Get and Create Variety of Editor Objects ===== ===== 4. Get and Create Variety of Editor Objects =====
  
 +FIXME [JMichaelTX: ​ This script removed pending review & update].
  
-```applescript 
-tell app "​Keyboard Maestro"​ 
  
-   ​properties of group "​Enabled"​ +===== 5. Create Macro Group and Macros =====
-   ​properties of smart group "​Enabled"​+
  
-   make new smart group with properties {name:"​Enabled",​ search strings:​{"​enabled:​yes"​}} +Before you use a macro group you probably want to check if it exists. The following example tests for the macro group's existence, based on a Keyboard Maestro input variable containing the macro group name -`macroGroup`.
-   set search strings of smart group "​Disabled" ​to {"​enabled:​no"​} +
-    +
-   set enable of macro group "Turn Off" to false+
  
-   set name of macro 1 to "Great!"+(This test is case-insensitive. For example ​macro group "Firefox" ​could also be specified as "​firefox"​.)
  
-   tell macro group "New Stuff" ​to make new macro +```applescript 
-       +tell application ​"Keyboard Maestro Engine
-   set color of action 1 of macro "​Bright" ​to "red+  set macroGroup ​to getvariable ​"macroGroup
-    +  if (macroGroup = ""​) then error "​[ERROR]"​ & linefeed & "​Invalid Macro Group Name. KM Variable \""​ & "​macroGroup"​ & "​\"​ was empty or undefined."​ 
-   ​select action 1 through 3 of action 2 of macro "Working"+end tell
  
-   set selection to global macro group +tell application ​"Keyboard Maestro" ​-- Editor 
- +  if exists ​macro group macroGroup then 
-   move first action of macro "Source Macro" to end of actions of macro "Dest Macro+    ​return true 
-  +  else 
-   move macro "​Macro33"​ to macro group "​Test4"​ +    ​return false 
-   move (every macro of macro group "​Test4"​ whose name starts with "​Macro3"​) to macro group "​Test3"​ +  ​end if
-   move macro 2 of macro group "​Test3"​ to macro group "​Test4"​ +
- +
-   ​delete second action of macro "​Target Macro" +
-  ​ +
-   ​duplicate every macro group whose name starts with "​Test"​ +
- +
-   set m to duplicate action 1 of macro "​Macro33"​ to after action 2 of macro "​Macro32"​ +
- +
-   ​duplicate (selected macros) to macro group "​Test4"​ +
-   +
 end tell end tell
 ``` ```
  
-===== 5. Create Macro Group and Macros ===== 
  
 Here is a full example that creates a macro group called "​Multiple Clipboards"​ and then creates 9 macros with hot Control-C and action to copy the clipboard to a named clipboard with name "​Clipboard N" (where N is 1-9) and another set of 9 macros with hot key Control-V and action to paste from the named clipboard "​Clipboard N" Here is a full example that creates a macro group called "​Multiple Clipboards"​ and then creates 9 macros with hot Control-C and action to copy the clipboard to a named clipboard with name "​Clipboard N" (where N is 1-9) and another set of 9 macros with hot key Control-V and action to paste from the named clipboard "​Clipboard N"
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