Wow. Just took a look at this, and ... wow. I was expecting some challenges with this, but there were more than I imagined. A lot of the fonts have different naming conventions, which made for an interesting brain teaser this afternoon. Your script seems to be the best solution. The only thing I'd n...

@edmo 1. It's actually «class RTF », with a space between the 'F' and the right pointing double angle quotation. (Script Editor will want that space.) Option-\ for the left pointing double angle quotation and option-shift-\ for the right one. 2. I wasn't able to delve into this question deeply. I di...

From "AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X" by Hanaan Rosenthal (a book I recommend highly), page 446: Understanding How the Mac Clipboard Works The Mac clipboard is a clever piece of software; it's simple to use but surprisingly sophisticated beneat...

try set rtf_data to the clipboard as «class RTF » set leFiche to "volume:Users:username:Desktop:clipboard contents.rtf" set file_ID to open for access leFiche with write permission write rtf_data to file_ID close access file_ID on error errMsg number errNum if errMsg = "Can't make so...

Yes, there is a Quicksilver action which will append or prepend selected text to a text file. As far as I know, this Quicksilver feature only works with text files. I think of clips as text which may contain formatting. OmniOutliner Pro can also collect snippets. Unsure if the regular version does t...

I love and use 1Password. Alas, it's Mac only, so I don't know that it solves your problem. I can't recommend RoboForm personally, as I haven't used it, but it is a password program for Windows.

Can anyone think of a way to highlight some words faster than just moving the mouse there, and then dragging the cursor over the text that needs selecting ? Yes. Click the mouse in at the beginning and then just shift-click where you want the selection to end. Often easier than trying to drag your ...

OmniWeb has some sort of built-in click to flash and ad-blocker. No plug-ins needed!

If you have Quicksilver (and if you don't, get it), you can select the word, press Cmd-Esc, tab over to the second panel, and begin typing in "Thesaurus" to look up the word in OS X's Thesaurus.

I'm so used to browsing ad-free on OmniWeb that it's always a shock to use some other browser and find out what websites really look like!

Not an audiobook, but along the same line: there is a company called 'The Teaching Company' ( http://www.theteachingcompany.com ) which rounds up famous American university professors and has them create courses on their specialty subjects. The courses are sold in various formats including MP3 audi...

thewolfgang wrote:Thanks for the warning.

What alterntaives would you recommend?

LV

Using quicksilver.

yet another vote for higher capacity scrivener usb drives. that the app would run on there, great. but i just want a really cool usb drive.

I think you can't lose weight without lots and lots of exercise you can actually lose a lot of weight quickly without doing any exercise. you will lose weight quickly on a raw food diet. and no exercise. for those of you who want to do raw and are having digestion problems, you might try posting a ...

one thing i liked about "writing for your life" by deena metzger was that i could turn to almost any page and get an idea about something. she had one thing in there about people writing about their school lunches. at first i really couldn't come up with anything, but the more i thought ab...