I would like a macro that prepends and appends text to a selected string, i.e., if I select:
abc
... I get:
"*abc*"
(But without the italics this forum software apparently generates when I use asterisks.)
I've taken some initial action, but am stumped on the replace part.
Try putting a \ before the * to so it looks like this \*
That will tell the forum software that you mean "a literal asterisk" instead of "a Markdown indicator for italics".
Using \ might also help in Keyboard Maestro since * is considered a special character for regular expressions.
Just some untested thoughts
No need to search the text or even set a variable. You can just do something like this:
Example Macro.kmmacros (1.3 KB)
Brilliant, and elegant. Thank you!
