A lil' blogger system in Thunderbird for the tech savvy.
This is fun!
So I was tired of some weird blogger errors with mysterious characters, logging in took too long ("took too" looks weird, huh? anyway), and I like to do things I do a LOT in a few character strokes. I love autohotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com/ (warning, not for n00bs! lol). I use it every single day, all the time. So that creating a new categorized task (GTD "Next Action"), a waiting for with a reminder date, whatever is a single key stroke.
For blogging, I'm using this:
;============BLOG EMAIL==================
#b::
Run C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -compose
Sleep 600 ;cuz Thunderbird doesn't always catch keystrokes on start-up
Send !rmm{Tab}{Tab} ;specific to the number of accounts I have, obviously (heh, obviously if you read autohotkey script! lol)
Send aspiringbodhisattva.secretword@blogger.com
Send {Tab}{Tab}{PgUp}{enter}{#}end{PgUp}
;Send ^a
Send !s
return
To give me my correct sending smtp account, my secret sending account (not "secretword", but you get it), the termination set so it doesn't pick up my signature, and set me back on the subject. I like it, though you'd have to modify it obviously.
I also added blogger.com to my "text only" domains, cuz I was tired of the weird formatting. Not great for links, but I'll just post 'em in like I did with the autohotkey link.
And if you DO use blogger and you've got weird stuff in your text, try this: http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ . I love it.
So I was tired of some weird blogger errors with mysterious characters, logging in took too long ("took too" looks weird, huh? anyway), and I like to do things I do a LOT in a few character strokes. I love autohotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com/ (warning, not for n00bs! lol). I use it every single day, all the time. So that creating a new categorized task (GTD "Next Action"), a waiting for with a reminder date, whatever is a single key stroke.
For blogging, I'm using this:
;============BLOG EMAIL==================
#b::
Run C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -compose
Sleep 600 ;cuz Thunderbird doesn't always catch keystrokes on start-up
Send !rmm{Tab}{Tab} ;specific to the number of accounts I have, obviously (heh, obviously if you read autohotkey script! lol)
Send aspiringbodhisattva.secretword@blogger.com
Send {Tab}{Tab}{PgUp}{enter}{#}end{PgUp}
;Send ^a
Send !s
return
To give me my correct sending smtp account, my secret sending account (not "secretword", but you get it), the termination set so it doesn't pick up my signature, and set me back on the subject. I like it, though you'd have to modify it obviously.
I also added blogger.com to my "text only" domains, cuz I was tired of the weird formatting. Not great for links, but I'll just post 'em in like I did with the autohotkey link.
And if you DO use blogger and you've got weird stuff in your text, try this: http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ . I love it.
Labels: GTD
posted by Mike Dolan Fliss at
2/24/2008 08:32:00 PM
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