Hi, Might be a stupid idea, but I didn't find an easy way to temporarily disable or pause the KM engine. I have some macros that automate things with global triggers, e.g. map shares when connect to specific networks or disable WiFi when a thunderbolt network interface connects. In certain circums…

In my case, that’s even more work (and more to remember) than occasionally pausing the engine. If I were typing umlauts and the like on a daily basis, it might be different. My point is that whenever a key combination is needed for something (whether for text or anything else), but it’s unavailable …

[image] thoffman666: it’s nice to be able to pause the engine I get your point. Just keep in mind that this is not a convenient pause — it's fully quitting the engine. It quits and restarts pretty fast, so this is not that big a deal — but that's why I used the word “drastic”. -Chris

I agree with you on that. That’s why I would prefer an actual pause function in KM, as was available in QuicKeys.

[image] thoffman666: That’s why I would prefer an actual pause function in KM, as was available in QuicKeys. Make a feature request to Peter. :wink: -Chris

I was just about to ask about this when this was helpfully listed as "similar to" my post. And I have the same reason—I have a (inherited) macro assigned to Opt+3 because being in the colonies I never need a pound sign. Until I needed a pound sign today. :slight_smile: So, another vote for a menu i…

[image] v8kbm: So, another vote for a menu item to pause (not quit) the KM engine, preferably a toggle, You can easily stop, start, and toggle the KM Engine now. What difference or advantage to you see in "pausing" vs a stop/start?

You can easily stop, start, and toggle it how? I don’t see any references to any of those, either, or anything on the menus.

Restart, Start, not pause. And create an AppleScript or three. And assign shortcut keys to them. My ditto of the previous request stands.

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