Are gestures off my Trackpad or MagicMouse able to be utilized by KM?
Not directly, but I use BetterTouchTool to trigger KM macros.
Yeah, I use that as well, just was not sure if there was a direct way. But I guess that answers that. Thanks Philippe.
Hey Philippe,
OK, now that I figure there is no direct way…
How exactly do you execute a KM macro from BetterTouchTool. I have used BTT off and on for several years, so have some experience with it.
Hi,
Most of the time I use “Execute Terminal Command”, with something like that:
osascript -e 'tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" to do script "98F5798E-2955-4F1D-BF91-AC43CA6F5258"'
You can get the macro’s UID from the menu item Edit > Copy as > Copy UID. Just be careful with the quotes.
You can also have BTT execute a “Custom Keyboard Shortcut” to trigger a KM macro by its hot key.
Ok great - many thanks.
EDIT - yeah this in fact works perfectly. Thanks again for guiding me through this, I think this will be very useful.
Cool! And you’re welcome.
Oh wow.
Many thanks for this - ended here looking for a way to trigger a KM macro from BBT, as opposed to using Alfred (which required a string being typed). Was getting despondent, thinking this was going to be tricky!
Instead, such a simple(?) yet elegant solution!
Love Alfred - but increasingly, BTT is stepping into the trigger action, with KM dealing with the backend.
@peternlewis I do not know if it is technically possible for Keyboard Maestro to make a difference between the mouse and the trackpad, but, all I can say is before finding this thread I thought I was able to trigger a macro using a gesture from my trackpad ("trackpad gesture") as I could practice them in the application (using "Practice Gestures"). I tried many times. Never got it triggering a macro 
At least, if this is not possible to trigger a macro that way ("trackpad gesture"), don't you think it would be great to indicate it in the Keyboard Maestro wiki?
Or, maybe, I just made the mistake to confuse "mouse" with "trackpad" here.
Edit: Just launched a macro via a Keyboard gesture. Not sure what to think now whether it is possible or not to launch a macro from a keyboard shortcut... 
Time will tell if it is working all the time.
Another way to go:
kmtrigger://macro=9B3AD98F-…
I suspect it's more efficient than spinning up a sub-shell for osascript
bettertouchtool can run AS directly. Are there advantages triggering thru terminal command?