Hi,
I did understand your question, which is why I started out by saying
that QuickSilver can support this feature (specifically for clipboard
use, either through using its clipboard history or more directly
through a plug in), but that this program isn't currently an option
for the reasons Yvonne detailed about the difficulty of installing for
Snow Leopard with VoiceOver.
What I was suggesting is that you use the JustNotes window on your Mac
effectively in place of the clipboard. You don't have to worry about
opening/closing or saving and quitting the way your would if you
pasted into a TextEdit window, for instance. Best solution I could
come up with, because I think that a lot of the clipboard managing
programs aren't accessible. There's been a more extensive discussion
of Simplenote and JustNotes on the mac-access list recently in
connection with note usage. I take it you aren't subscribed there
currently? I'll note that Simplenote and TextExpander each have one
unlabeled button that I've found -- in both cases this is the one
announced as "button" in the lower left corner of the screeen. In the
case of TextExpander, this is the "Settings" button. In the case of
Simplenote, on the screen with the full view of your note, this is the
button to send the note as a mail message.
Most clipboard apps are inaccessible because they run with icons in
the status menu bar that VoiceOver can't navigate to. While that's not
guaranteed to make the application inaccessible on your Mac, and you
can sometimes AppleScript shortcuts to get to the functions, the apps
generally don't provide this -- especially if they're aimed at fancier
copies and pastes of images. Although JustNotes does use the status
menu bar, you can just get to the window by using Window chooser menu
under the finder window to look for "untitled" or switch windows.
Sorry not to have a better solution. I was just trying to find the
best solution within the known limitations.
Cheers,
Esther
VaShaun Jones wrote:
OK, I don't think my question is understood. I have Simple Notes and
Text Expander on my phone and computer and understand there uses.
What I want is the ability to copy some text to the clipboard on one
area of the screen and move somewhere else and add to the previously
copied text, then I want to paste it. Example: I copied your name
from a mail message and your birthday from address book. Right now
if your name was copied and then I copied your birthday the name
would no longer be on the clipboard hinge the append to clipboard
feature. I want to be able to copy from more than one place and just
keep adding to the copied text and be able to paste all copied items
at once.
On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi,
On Dec 28, 2009, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Listers often times I find myself needing to append text to the
clipboard and would really benefit from this feature. Does anyone
know of a way to do it on the Mac or do you know of a third party
who has developed such application?
QuickSilver, the application that Yvonne described in her blog at:
http://yvonnezed.posterous.com/
supports this capability, but as I believe she mentioned in her
posts, you may not be able to get all of this working in Snow
Leopard. What I've been using instead of the clipboard with some
of the same functionality that you want is a free software
application called JustNotes (in its beta release) that
synchronizes notes with an iPhone/iPod Touch app called Simplenote
($1.99). This also automatically puts the notes up on my iPod
Touch within the Simplenote app, and lets me access current,
updated versions of the notes through the free Simplenote secure
web interface. This is also a great way of getting content up to
my iPod Touch (if I want to cut and paste in any of the text I
loaded up as notes). (As an aside, the Simplenote app also lets me
use another iPhone app called TextExpander (normally $4.99, but
currently $1.99). This app lets me customize "snippets" that
minimize my typing, and that can automatically expand to the
currently formatted date, etc.).
You can read more about Simplenote and JustNotes in this TUAW
article about Simplenote that gives links to these and other apps:
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/21/elegant-simplicity-the-power-of-simplenote-for-iphone/
("Elegant simplicity: the power of SimpleNote for iPhone" by Steven
Sande, Dec 21st 2009)
Note: I installed JustNotes because I already had Simplenote. If
you install JustNotes first and later decide to get Simplenote I'm
not sure whether the automatic synchronization will work correctly
without some fiddling. Simplenote gives you free access to a
Simplenote secure web account that lets you sync notes in the web
account immediately with your notes on the iPhone/iPod Touch.
JustNotes has you enter this when your set it up, since the
application for the Mac desktop was inspired by the way that
Simplenote works with the web account. The small, floating
JustNotes window currently shows up in the window chooser menu for
Finder (VO-F2 twice) as "untitled". If you're using DropBox, this
means that you might see two windows labelled "untitled".
• Simplenote ($1.99) by Codality:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simplenote/id289429962?mt=8
• JustNotes (for the Mac, free and in beta) by SelfCoded:
http://selfcoded.com/justnotes/
Check the TUAW article for other links.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
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