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manual:Scripting [2019/06/20 22:26]
peternlewis
manual:Scripting [2021/10/06 02:35]
peternlewis [Using the Clipboard]
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 **There are two setup options:** **There are two setup options:**
 ^ Setup Option ^ Choices\\ (Default shown first) ^ ^ Setup Option ^ Choices\\ (Default shown first) ^
-| Script location | Execute text script (type or paste script into Action text field)\\ Execute script file (This is faster if it is a compiled script file `.scpt`) | +| Script location | Execute text script (type or paste script into Action text field)\\ Execute script file (This may be faster if it is a compiled script file `.scpt`) | 
-| Script Results | Ignored.\\ Displayed in a floating window.\\ Displayed briefly in a Notification.\\ Typed in the current text field that has focus.\\ Pasted in text field that has focus.\\ Saved to a Keyboard Maestro Variable.\\ Saved to the System or Named Clipboard.\\ Ignore Results and run //​Asynchronously//​ (the script runs while the macro continues on to the next //Action//.) |+| Script Results | Ignored.\\ Displayed in a floating window.\\ Displayed briefly in a Notification.\\ Typed in the current text field that has focus.\\ Pasted in text field that has focus.\\ Saved to a Keyboard Maestro Variable.\\ Saved to the System or Named Clipboard.\\ Ignore Results and run //​Asynchronously//​ (the script runs while the macro continues on to the next //Action//)|
  
  
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 For more information about using the Clipboard in scripts, see: For more information about using the Clipboard in scripts, see:
   * [AppleScript Clipboard Commands suite](https://​developer.apple.com/​library/​mac/​documentation/​AppleScript/​Conceptual/​AppleScriptLangGuide/​reference/​ASLR_cmds.html)   * [AppleScript Clipboard Commands suite](https://​developer.apple.com/​library/​mac/​documentation/​AppleScript/​Conceptual/​AppleScriptLangGuide/​reference/​ASLR_cmds.html)
-  * [Shell Scripts Pasteboard Commands: ​pbcopy, pbpaste](https://​developer.apple.com/​legacy/​library/​documentation/​Darwin/​Reference/​ManPages/​man1/​pbpaste.1.html)+  * The unix man pages for pbcopy, pbpaste.
  
 ==== Automating Applications and Adding Functionality to Keyboard Maestro ==== ==== Automating Applications and Adding Functionality to Keyboard Maestro ====
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 See the Keyboard Maestro AppleScript dictionary for more information. See the Keyboard Maestro AppleScript dictionary for more information.
 +
 +===== Controlling Keyboard Maestro Engine via Scripting =====
 +
 +You can adjust Keyboard Maestro Engine windows with:
 +
 +<code applescript>​
 +tell application "​Keyboard Maestro Engine"​
 +    set bounds of window "​Clipboard History Switcher"​ to {1000, 50, 2000, 1200}
 +end tell
 +</​code>​
  
  
manual/Scripting.txt · Last modified: 2023/10/04 04:27 by peternlewis