SpellQuencers are KeyQuencer macros designed to add quick spell checking to most any app — for example, SimpleText — that does not have a spell check feature.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
• Excalibur
• KeyQuencer version 2.0 or higher for the regular version
• KeyQuencer Lite 2.0 or higher for the “Light” version
• Any requirements of the previous programs, so read their “read me” files
KEYQUENCER EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS
• SpellQuencers requires the following extensions:
SwitchApp
Clipboard
Key
Open
Application
Quit
WaitEngine
Wait
• Light SpellQuencers requires the following extensions:
SwitchApp
Clipboard
Key
Open
Application
Quit
Wait
• “Set Excalibur to check on start” requires the following extensions:
Open
WaitApp
Menu
Wait
Button
Message
• Miss even one extension and you will get an error message.
INSTALLATION
1. Open the KQ Macro editor (default keystroke Command-Option K).
2. Make sure your Installed Macros suitcase is open (if not choose “Open Installed Macros…” in the File menu).
3. Under the File menu, select “Import Suitcase…” (or “Import Macros…” in Lite).
4. In the “Open” dialog, go to the “SpellQuencers 2.1 ƒ” folder and open the suitcase “SpellQuencers 2.1” (or the Light version).
5. Two new macros will show up called “SQ-Check” and “SQ-Replace.” They have comments so you can understand how the macro is constructed. These comments might even help you construct your own macros. You can also strip the comments to free up some memory. You can also redefine the keystrokes if you do not like the defaults.
USING “SET EXCALIBUR TO CHECK ON START”
Excalibur needs to be set to “Open the clipboard and go” for SQ to work. Now you could read the manual and learn how to do this yourself (highly recommended). But since you have a neat macro engine installed, I feel like showing off what KQ can do. The included app “Set Excalibur to check on start” is a stand alone application that will (surprise) set Excalibur to check on start.
USAGE
• In your document, select the text you want to check and invoke the check macro (control-= is the default).
• After the spell check, invoke the replace macro to return to the previous application (control-shift-= is the default). The corrected clipboard is automatically saved.
• The macros are designed to save the contents of the clipboard before you spell check so you do not lose any important contents. You should use the replace macro even if you do not have changes to restore the pre-spell check contents of the clipboard!
• As much as these macros have been used on my Power Mac and by those of you who took the time to write in, here is a DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for data loss incurred for the use of these macros and application. The best advice is, to quote Robin Williams, “S.O.S.” — “SAVE OFTEN, SWEETIE” and to backup all your essential work regularly.
BACKGROUND
I have been a KQ user for several years, going back to version 1.x. It is an indispensable piece of software well worth the retail price. Hard to believe the original only cost $10. Of course, I would never go back 1.x because I like the AudioCD commands.
I wrote the “For KeyQuencer 2.0…” KeyQuencer Macros in the text file included with Excalibur 2.3. Since then I have spent time debugging these macros because I write so much using text editors.
I got tired of losing the clipboard contents whenever I spell checked until I wrote version 2.0. Thanks go out to Alessandro Levi Montalcini the creator of KQ and to Rick Zaccone for including my first macros in the 2.3 release. Programmers like these are the people who make the Mac OS so much better!
SURFWARE INFO
This is released as “surfware.” If you like these macros and use them regularly, please visit my web pages and send comments. The main page is located at <http://www2.hawaii.edu/~aguinald/> and includes an index. These macros took years in the making and since you are getting them at basically no cost …
As of 09/03/97, the contents includes “Concise History of the Internet,” a critically acclaimed article that prominently features the Apple Macintosh and “Concise History of Rock N’ Roll” that covers Brian Wilson, the Raspberries and Les Paul Revere and the Raiders.
VERSION HISTORY
1.0 - Included in Excalibur 2.3. Basically checked a selection and returned to previous application.
2.0 - Updated to save clipboard contents and first full release with its own documentation.
2.1 - Adds the “KQ Lite” version of the macros and the “Set Excalibur to check on start” application. For nitpickers, I retimed the macros because KQ Lite lacks so many cool extensions like “File,” “AudioCD” and “WaitEngine.” I also expanded the manual and added a so-called piece of “Bonus Software.”
