I don’t wanna sound naive, but is there a way to edit outside the “Keyboard Maestro Editor”? I tried looking at the info in this forum chain, but it does not seem to be readily apparent. Any insight appreciated.
I was just finding that some of the repetitive tasks were a bit cumbersome to edit, whereas in a text source code scenario, I might be able to use a column mode editor. But, yes, looking at the macros code itself, that does not look practical.
With that said, I am overall very impressed with Keyboard Maestro. Wish I knew about it a long time ago.
I was just finding that some of the repetitive tasks were a bit cumbersome to edit
I think the secret here is to create your own libraries and then call them from your macros. I have libraries for each of my applications (Finder, Omnifocus, Mail etc) and even some for certain websites. If I use something more than once then I try to break it out into what I call an 'Ingredient' and put it in these libraries.
I find that even something that seems utterly trivial is worth making into an ingredient - it's easier to call a Macro called Set CurrentDay Variable than to recreate the Action Set Variable ‘CurrentDay’ To Calculation DAY(NOW())
each time I want it...
When editing, I use Command-K to bring up and remove the Actions selection pane. The problem I have is that when I bring it up, it does not default to placing the cursor into the Actions Search Box. So rather than quickly bringing up the Actions to select, I have to move the mouse to the box.
I see that I can simply start typing and do alphabetical searches. However, invariably, I am not searching for a known command, rather I search for a solution - for example, anything related to “clipboard”. In the case of clipboard, there are no actions that start with the name “clipboard”, so I have to go hunting.
If there is a hack or other solution/setting that will allow me to toggle directly into to the Actions Search box, and then after finding the command, remove the Actions Search Pane from the editing session, I’d certainly like to hear about it.