Description:
ShortCut5 is a PalmOS 5.x preference panel which supports large (up to 4096 characters in size) shortcut definitions.
The system shortcuts only supports small (about 45 characters in size) shortcut definitions. ShortCut5 shortcuts are in addition to the system shortcuts.
Limitations. Maximum of fifty shortcuts definitions. Each shortcut name is from one to four characters in length. Shortcut names are case sensitive and cannot contain the period "." character. ShortCut5 is only supported on PalmOS 5.x and on locales that use single byte characters.
ShortCut5 will not recursively expand shortcut definitions.
Instructions. To expand a shortcut, enter a period "." character followed immediately by the shortcut name. Do not change fields or change the insertion point within the same field while entering the shortcut name.
App list. This is used to select a list of apps to either enable or disable (based upon the activation options in the Preferences).
Activation options in the Preferences. This is used to selectively disable and enable this preference panel. (1) Enable all apps. ShortCut5 is always enabled. (2) Disable all apps. ShortCut5 is always disabled. (3) Disable for app list. ShortCut5 is enabled for all apps except for those in the app list. (4) Enable for app list. ShortCut5 is disabled for all apps except for those in the app list.
Optimal performance. For best performance, use the app list and activation options to disable ShortCut5 when executing games or other event intensive (graphics) applications.
Notes. The shortcut will expand at a moderate speed (as to not overflow the key queue).
* Macros *
What are macros? Macros are four character commands that may be included within a shortcut definition to do something special. Macros always begin with the two letter "@@" sequence. Please remember that macros are not shortcut names.
Time and date stamps. Use the four character "@@ts" and "@@ds" macros for time and date stamps. The format of these time and data stamps are defined in the Formats preference panel. Or use the following macros to generate your own date stamp: "@@d0" full day names (Sunday, Monday, etc), "@@d3" three letter day names (Sun, Mon, etc), "@@d1" single or double digit day numbers, "@@d2" double digit day numbers (with a leading zero if single digit), "@@m0" full month names (January, February, etc), "@@m3" three letter month names (Jan, Feb, etc), "@@m1" single or double digit month numbers, "@@m2" double digit month numbers (with a leading zero if single digit), "@@y2" double digit year numbers (04, 05, etc), and "@@y4" four digit year numbers (2004, 2005, etc).
Selecting menu items. The first nine menu items (top to bottom) in the first three pulldown menus (left to right) can be selected (separators are ignored). The format of the macros are "@@xy" where "x" is the pulldown menu number (1-3 going left to right) and where "y" is the menu item (1-9 going top to bottom). For instance, "@@12" selects the second menu item in the first pulldown menu.
Pressing buttons. The "@@b1", "@@b2", "@@b3", "@@b4" macros will press a button. The macro names represent the ordering of the buttons based upon their screen position. The ordering is bottom to top, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple forms.
Changing text fields. The "@@f1", "@@f2", "@@f3", "@@f4" macros will change the insertion point to a different text field. The macro names represent the ordering of the text fields based upon their screen position. The ordering is top to bottom, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple text fields on a single form. Text fields within tables are not supported.
Launching apps. (1) The "@@h1", "@@h2", "@@h3", "@@h4" macros will launch the four hard key applications.
Update Description:
Version 1.6 (10/10/2005):
- Added undo, cut, copy, paste, select all menus.
Version 1.5 (2/11/2005):
- Increased the maximum number of shortcuts to one hundred.
Version 1.4 (8/6/2004):
- Added support for selecting menu items within a shortcut.
- Added support for custom date stamps.
Version 1.3 (6/1/2004):
- Added support for changing the insertion point from within a shortcut definition. Use the four letter "@@f1", "@@f2", "@@f3", "@@f4" macros to change the insertion point to a different text field. The macro names represent the ordering of the text fields based upon their screen position (top left corner). The ordering is from top to bottom, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple text fields on a single form. Text fields within tables are not supported.
- Added support for pressing a button from within a shortcut definition. Use the four letter "@@b1", "@@b2", "@@b3", "@@b4" macros to press a button. The macro names represent the ordering of the buttons based upon their screen position (top left corner). The ordering is bottom to top, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple forms.
- Added other shortcut macros. "@@br" to popup the brightness dialog, "@@ca" to launch the calc/favorite app, "@@h1", "@@h2", "@@h3", "@@h4" to press a hard key, and "@@sc" to launch the ShortCut5 preference panel.
Version 1.1 (4/20/2004):
- Added Treo 600 keyboard support (this is because the Treo 600 keyboard sents multiple keydown events per key press).
Reviews:
**** [Nov 13, 2005] by Chris
Love this app, but I found that using Palm Internals that this slowed by TE2 down considerably(1 Sec to 58 Sec for 10000 Keypress presses events). CustPaste5 doesn't slowdown my TE2, so it may have something to do with the app list or macros that are causing the slowdown. Hopefully Mark can figure out where the slowdown is and put out an update.
***** [Jul 12, 2005] by Chip Alexander
Great application. I missed the shortcut capability on my Treo, and now have it back. The one thing I would like this to do, that it does not seem to do yet, is to be able to add the shift character. I have some shortcuts where text is inserted, and the next character is always the beginning of a sentence. Being able to put in the shift after the text would be helpful. It seems to have more complicated things like actuating menu items and on-screen buttons, so I am surprised shift is not there already. Chip
***** [Jul 4, 2004] by Paul
I've been around the block with apps, and frankly I'm seldom impressed, especially since no one makes a SMALL, SIMPLE and GOOD app these days. Well -- this is one for the books. I WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT IT after trying it for about 3 minutes! Combined with TealScript no one should ever have a "text entry" problem again - can't wait to try out the "multiple fields/forms" type shortcuts. As the reviewer above noted - you could even make a difficult graffiti stroke a shortcut now - slowed only by how fast you can make a dot!! Terrific job - and at 20k, for all this does . . . I wish to God Mark Tamura would get in to the CALENDAR/TO DO App business and we'll send him LOTS of money! I am curious on one thing - will it work in Flash? I'm a huge JackFlash guy and it would be nice to protect this app in particular from hard reset, despite having backup files on the card. I could not recommend this gem more - get it today and start saving time with entire PARAGRAPHS of letter writing simplified to "." + a single letter! YEAH!! All the best/Paul, CA
***** [Jun 13, 2004] by Petrer Bright
Thanks Mark. What a great little app! I'm just new to Palm OS and I can see this will be a great timesaver! ;-)
***** [May 11, 2004] by Paul C.
I really think that ShortCut5 is an outstanding utility for the Palm OS. So far, it has been frequently updated and it is very stable on my Treo600. Speaking of my Treo 600, this utility makes it very easy to use shortcuts while using a keyboard. In fact, in my opinion, it is already a superior alternative to some of the other apps which you must pay for. In short, this is a great freeware utility!
***** [Apr 22, 2004] by PalmDood
This is really good, however, can you please add the equivalent of things like @DTS (which in the built-in shortcut support gets replaced with the current datestamp),etc., making sure you respect the device's date format preferences. Thanks!
***** [Apr 20, 2004] by Adrian
Simple to use. And so, so, so much faster and better than the builtin. This one is a keeper. I've already replaced a few of the trickier graffiti strokes (for me) with shortcuts. Plus as I find the shortcut graffiti stroke itself a little awkward this works first time, every time. Bravo.
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