The tutorial for Autokey indicates that a single phrase can render various
capitalizations, particularly Title Case. (see
https://saravananthirumuruganathan.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/autokey-linux-utilit
y-for-text-substitution-hotkeys-and-desktop-automation/ - Section "Phrases :
Example 3"). By Title Case, I mean capitalization of the first letter of each
word in a multi-word phrase. I had trouble getting this to work because I
didn't realise that it can only work if the phrase is entered in Title Case. I
recommend a small modification to the tutorial to save considerable
time-wasting/abandoned trials for newbies like me who mistakenly enter the
phrase in lower case. The modification to the tutorial would be an addition
something like, "If you are using a multi-word phrase, and you want to be able
to render it in various cases including Title Case, be sure to enter the phrase
in Title Case (first letters of each word capitalised)."
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Access tutorial recommended by the autokey project team -
https://saravananthirumuruganathan.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/autokey-linux-utilit
y-for-text-substitution-hotkeys-and-desktop-automation/
2. Follow the instructions under Section "Phrases : Example 3". These are
copied and adapted here between the following +++ lines.
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Another of my favorite feature is "Match phrase case to typed abbreviation" .
[Try it out by creating a new phrase with] "Auto Key Rocks !" in the editor
box. Click on "Set" button of "Abbreviation" . [Add abbreviation "akr".] Select
the checkbox “Match phrase case to typed abbreviation". The next checkbox
"Ignore case of typed abbreviation" should be automatically become checked. If
not check it. Save the phrase.
Now experiment with various ways of typing the abbreviation.
"akr" auto key rocks !
"Akr" Auto key rocks !
"AKr" Auto Key Rocks !
"AKR" AUTO KEY ROCKS !
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Now, change the phrase in the editor box to "auto key rocks !". Save and test.
We now get this result for two capital letters:
"AKr" auto key rocks
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
- See above. Note the software works as intended, it's just the intention isn't
so clear from the tutorial.
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
autokey-gtk 0.90.4
Ubuntu LTS 14.04
Please provide any additional information below.
Thanks to the developers for what seems to be great software supporting a great
goal. :-)
Original issue reported on code.google.com by tcol...@livingdata.com.au on 30 Apr 2015 at 4:35
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
tcol...@livingdata.com.auon 30 Apr 2015 at 4:35