canion
canion

Further to my question about app options for taking quick jots, I’ve compiled a summary of findings to date. Thanks to @cm @kaa @teisam @twelvety. I’m almost surprised I didn’t end up discovering Evernote (c.f Cortex podcast)

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canion
canion

@cm I've just been exploring such a thing, not with Spotlight, but with my chosen replacement, LaunchBar. I am guessing the same could be achieved with Alfred or Quicksilver.

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rmcrob
rmcrob

@canion I have made a hotkey for such a purpose for every writing app I have used. Currently I use Notebooks. I use Keyboard Maestro to make hotkeys for all kinds of stuff. Recently I turned my caps lock key into a master hotkey combo shift-control-option-command with Karabiner.

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rmcrob
rmcrob

@canion For example, capslock-J opens a new text file in Notebooks and gives it the headers I used for my daily journal.

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canion
canion

@rmcrob Thanks for the recommendation, I've just taken your advice and installed Karabiner. I think I'm only going to use it to create that ‘hyper' key, but it's worth it because I never use Caps Lock.

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rmcrob
rmcrob

@canion That is the only thing I use it for. Surely there is another way to do that job, but it's easy with Karabiner.

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jeremycherfas
jeremycherfas

@canion I use caps lock all too often, and always by accident.

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rmcrob
rmcrob

@jeremycherfas Me too. That's why it's the perfect candidate for a mash key.

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jeremycherfas
jeremycherfas

@rmcrob So, pressing it once accidentally wouldn't make it do whatever you had programmed it to do, because that is only in conjunction with some other key?

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jeremycherfas
jeremycherfas

@canion I'm with @kaa and use The Archive for this and other stuff behind. I created an Automator action that opens a little text box and appends whatever I put into it into a specific Diary file, and I also create one-off quick notes, but they need to be processed frequently or they become meaningless.

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rmcrob
rmcrob

@jeremycherfas Only if you pressed it in combo with some other key you have set up as a hotkey.

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rmcrob
rmcrob

@jeremycherfas Right. (Sorry I didn’t read your full message earlier.) I have it set up so that it is exactly like pressing control-option-command-shift, but without the gymnastics.

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donovanwatts
donovanwatts

@canion that's all i use it for as well... to turn my caps lock key into a powerhouse. feels weird to run an app just for that but I use BTT for everything else.

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