Hi Alex, Actually, you don't have to set them as services. them in the scripts folder, make a folder called Skype, and have fun with keyboard commander. They'll work when Skype isn't focused :) HTH
On 2013-05-28, at 10:35 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know if Skype handles this differently, so disregard my message if > someone else comes along and tells me I'm totally wrong. <smile> > > That said, here are my thoughts: > 1. Put the scripts wherever you want them. You'll assign them to keyboard > shortcuts anyway, so organizing is simply personal preference since you can > browse for them when you assign the key commands. Putting them in > /library/scripts/VoiceOver is helpful only in that VO opens to that location > by default when you assign a script to a commander shortcut. > > 2. Yes, you'd assign the scripts to services, then put a shortcut on that > service. I believe you'd make the service specific to Skype, or global, > depending on the behavior you want. Personally, I'd make most of the scripts > global services, so that their keyboard shortcuts work in any application. > Setting them to Skype only will make the keyboard shortcuts only activate the > scripts when Skype is open, negating the handy effects of some of them (for > instance, you'd have to switch to Skype to answer or end a call, instead of > invoking that functionality from anywhere). If you assign the scripts to VO > commanders, they are, of course, global. > > 3. You can also add them to either /library/scripts, or ~/library/scripts (in > a subfolder if you like), then enable the scripting menu. Once enabled, this > menu appears in the Extras menus and offers all the scripts stored in either > scripts folder; pick one and press enter, and it runs. You can toggle this > menu on and off from, oddly enough, the preferences in Applescript Editor. > > Hope this helps. > On May 28, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Nicholas Parsons > <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> A while back on this list someone posted a link to some Apple scripts for >> Skype. I have these and have finally gotten around to trying to set them up. >> But I can't remember or work out where they are to go? Do I set these up as >> services or does Skype have a scripts folder somewhere? Or if I create a >> scripts folder in ~/Library/Skype/Scripts/ will a Scripts menu appear in >> Skype with my available scripts? >> >> Thanks in advance for any help. (I'll try not to send thanks afterwards, as >> impolite as this feels, in order to reduce list traffic). >> >> Nic >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
