I just saw the date copier shortcut in the new Solutions area and I like it. However, I thought it was missing a useful couple of options...
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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Action: Allow failure messages "0"
0002 Alert: Ask for a choice "Select a time/date copy option:~date$ at hh12$:ii$:ss$ ap$~date$ at h¬
h$:ii$:ss$~dl$, ml$ dd$ yyyy$ at hh12$:ii$:ss$ ap$~dl$, ml$ dd$ yyyy$~date$~hh$:ii$:ss$~hh12$:ii$:s¬
s$ ap$"
0003 Clipboard: Assign text "alert$"
0004 Keyboard: Paste ""
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I've added a Paste to the end as well, so it'll do what I need, but that's obviously optional!
But thanks, Paul, this is a feature I often make use of in various editors -- not all of which have it and I can never remember which, or which editor uses what shortcut. Now, I can have Alt-D everywhere. :)
Nice, oblivion. You can also shorten the action a bit by replacing your steps 3 and 4 with the new single step 3 below.
Note that the current clipboard text is auto-preserved too, so if "hello" was in the clipboard when you run this action, it will still be in the clipboard after step 3 does the pasting.
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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Action: Allow failure messages "0"
0002 Alert: Ask for a choice "Select a time/date copy option:~date$ at hh12$:ii$:ss$ ap$~date$ at h¬
h$:ii$:ss$~dl$, ml$ dd$ yyyy$ at hh12$:ii$:ss$ ap$~dl$, ml$ dd$ yyyy$~date$~hh$:ii$:ss$~hh12$:ii$:s¬
s$ ap$"
0003 Keyboard: Paste this text "alert$"
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You can also do it as a typing replacement by using this action with a trigger type of typing, which removes the need for a hotkey to do it:
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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Keyboard: Show auto-complete list "{paste}~date$ at hh12$:ii$:ss$ ap$~date$ at hh$:ii$:ss$~dl$¬
, ml$ dd$ yyyy$ at hh12$:ii$:ss$ ap$~dl$, ml$ dd$ yyyy$~date$~hh$:ii$:ss$~hh12$:ii$:ss$ ap$"
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Screenshot of the above action when triggered by something you type (like typing "/dt"):
(https://www.alomware.com/images/forum/paste-the-date.png)