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| ==== Using Keyboard Maestro Variables ==== | ==== Using Keyboard Maestro Variables ==== | ||
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| + | === Most Languages like bash, perl, ruby === | ||
| In your script, use this format: `$KMVAR_[variable_name]` | In your script, use this format: `$KMVAR_[variable_name]` | ||
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| + | === Python === | ||
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| + | Accessing Keyboard Maestro Variables in Python is somewhat different. Here is an example: | ||
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| + | ```python | ||
| + | #!/usr/bin/env python | ||
| + | import os | ||
| + | print os.environ['KMVAR_local_DataStr'].count(os.environ['KMVAR_local_CharToCount']) | ||
| + | ``` | ||
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| + | See the [[#Forum|Forum]] section below for more Python examples. | ||
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| + | --- | ||
| Note that you can only read these environment variables. You cannot write to them (or more accurately, you can write to them but that will not change the Keyboard Maestro variables that they were created from). | Note that you can only read these environment variables. You cannot write to them (or more accurately, you can write to them but that will not change the Keyboard Maestro variables that they were created from). | ||
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| * **Set `ENV_PATH`** (the Keyboard Maestro Path Variable) **prior to the Execute Shell Script Action.** | * **Set `ENV_PATH`** (the Keyboard Maestro Path Variable) **prior to the Execute Shell Script Action.** | ||
| * The path defined in this Variable will automatically apply to every Execute Shell Script, without need for further reference. It will work just like your `$PATH` works in the Terminal app. | * The path defined in this Variable will automatically apply to every Execute Shell Script, without need for further reference. It will work just like your `$PATH` works in the Terminal app. | ||
| - | * You can set this Variable manually in the [[manual:Windows#Example|Variable Preferences Pane]] of the _Keyboard Maestro App Preferences_. | + | * You can set this Variable manually in the [[manual:Windows#Example|Variable Preferences Panel]] of the _Keyboard Maestro App Preferences_. |
| * Once the `ENV_PATH` Variable is set, it will remain in your Keyboard Maestro Variable set (until/unless you delete it), available to every Execute Shell Script Action that you might use in the future. So you don't need to set it in every Macro. | * Once the `ENV_PATH` Variable is set, it will remain in your Keyboard Maestro Variable set (until/unless you delete it), available to every Execute Shell Script Action that you might use in the future. So you don't need to set it in every Macro. | ||
| * If your tool requires other environment variables to be set you can set them as well by creating an appropriate Keyboard Maestro variable with `ENV_` at the front. | * If your tool requires other environment variables to be set you can set them as well by creating an appropriate Keyboard Maestro variable with `ENV_` at the front. | ||
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