YOUPI KEY
(v 1.7.0)

WHAT IS YOUPI KEY ?

Youpi Key is an automation utility, which can run actions based on :

- a keyboard equivalent
- and/or an item of a menu
- and/or a programmed date (dayly, weekly, monthly, at a specified time)

Actions which can be executed are :

- open file
- display folder arborescence
- manipulate applications
- open internet adress
- modify finder windows
- put in clipboard
- play sound
- open system preferences
- run Unix command
- run system actions
- simulate key
- simulate keyboard
- simulate mouse
- make pause
- run script

Each action, named "shortcut" can be accessed every time (it will be put in the general set), or just when an application is active (it will be put in the specified set for this application).

The same shortcut can have several actions, which will be executed one after each other, thus multiplying the power of Youpi Key.

HOW TO INSTALL ?

Copy the "Youpi Key" application in the "Applications" folder of Mac OS X.

To automaticaly launch Youpi Key at startup, open the "Login" panel in the "System Preferences" and add the "Youpi Key" application to the list of files opened with all sessions.

Youpi Key add an icon, and then a menu, in the menu bar. To set the parameters select the "Launch editor" item.

To view the User's guide, select the "Youpi Key Help" item in the "Help" menu of Youpi Key Editor.

Shortcuts created by ealier versions are automatically converted.

Youpi Key 1.7.0 needs Mac OS X 10.1.x to run smoothly, because under Mac OS X 10.0.x some actions may not be executed.

HISTORY

NEW IN VERSION 1.7.0

- all modules are grouped in one visible application
- import-export of sets and shortcuts
- drag and drop of set and shortcut files
- adding a set by drag and drop of an application
- menu simplification
- use of edit menu to cut-copy-paste-clear a set or a shortcut
- add a contextual menu for set and shortcut
- shortcut types are ordered by name, with an icon
- Youpi Key isn't quitted when the editor is launched, and shortcuts can be updated from the editor
- add Applescript support to run shortcuts
- add action type "Make pause"
- add action type "Run script"
- action type "Display folder arborescence" : invisible items aren't displayed
- action type "Open system preferences" : preferences are ordered by name
- action type "Run Unix command" : can wait the command end
- action type "Simulate mouse" : can adjust the mouse location
- action type "Simulate mouse" : modifications are automatically validated
- action type "Modify finder windows" : add "View by default" option
- action type "Open internet adress" and "Run Unix command" : parameters more friendly to enter
- updated help, with Apple Help support
- correct a bug preventing drag and drop on a set or a sequence with no shortcut
- correct a bug loosing keyboard equivalent when activating some applications
- correct a bug freezing Youpi Key for action type "Folder", when an empty folder was encountered

NEW IN VERSION 1.6.0

- add the "Key" action type, to simulate a key pressed (with or without modifiers)
- add the "Keyboard" action type, to simulate text typing
- add the "Mouse" action type, to simulate mouse actions
- the "shift" key is now displayed in the label of the keyboard equivalent
- the "space" key is now displayed explicitly in the label of the keyboard equivalent
- can resize the width of the sets and shortcuts view
- correct a bug which prevents from activating some applications shortcuts
- quitting Youpi Key is now instantaneous
- the files or folders in the shortcuts of type "File launch", "Folder", "Finder window" and "Play sound" can be moved or renamed without needing to revalidate them (open the editor once)
- when selecting an alias for a shortcut of type "File launch" or "Play sound", by default, the alias isn't solved - press the "option" key before selecting it, to solve it
- shortcuts of type "File launch" can't be created by drag and drop of an alias or a symbolic link
- an error message is displayed when a shortcut of type "File launch" can't be run
- don't display the type "Play sound" for files that aren't "sound" file, after drag and drop
- display only the "sound" files when selecting the file for the shortcuts of type "Play sound"
- add "Hide others" and "Show all" actions for shortcuts of type "Process"
- the window of an edited shortcut included in a sequence is now closed, without validating modifications, it the window of the edited sequence is closed itself
- add the ability to add the text to the existing clipboard for the shortcuts of type "Put in clipboard"

NEW IN VERSION 1.5.1

- correct a bug which prevents creating proper shortcuts of type "Processes" and "System"
- correct a bug which crashes the editor when selecting several times different types of actions for the shortcuts of type "Processes"
- correct a bug which crashes the editor when double-clicking on the "Universal" set
- add the Youpi Key icon for the "Universal" set

NEW IN VERSION 1.5.0

- editing and managing shortcuts is separated in two applications
- much improved interface
- can modify the application a set is based on
- can create a shortcut by drag and drop
- can copy a shortcut by drag and drop
- can create a shortcut with the clipboard
- can run several action in the same shortcut, with the "sequence" shortcuts
- add the "Activate an application" action in the action type "Process"
- add the "Launch URL" action type
- add the "Finder window" action type
- add the "Put in clipboard" action type
- add the "Separator" action type
- add the "Play sound" action type
- add the "Preferences launch" action type
- add the "UNIX command" action type
- add the "System" action type