In the wake of our release of TextExpander 2.5, David Chartier, Assistant Editor at Ars Technica, requested support for snipr.com. I was surprised to find that Snipr, Snurl, and Snipurl are all the same service. They will require registration as of December 31, 2008. Given that, I wrote a snippet which supports using these services as a registered user.
Here’s what to do to install the new snippet:
- Download Snipr.textexpander.zip
- If Safari doesn’t automatically unzip it, then double-click to unzip it
- Launch System Preferences and select TextExpander
- Under the + menu, select Add Group from File…
- Check the box labeled Import as editable local copy:
- Locate the Snipr.textexpander file and press Open
- Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the new Snipr group
- Select the /snipr snippet
- Change mySnipUserID and mySnipAPI at the top to your own values (you can find the API value in your Snipr preferences)
Here’s how to use the new snippet:
- Copy a URL
- Click where you’d like the shortened URL to appear
- Type /snipr
- Voilà! The shortened URL will appear.
Happy Snipr-ing (or is it Snurl-ing or Snipurl-ing?)…
Enjoy!
I did not understand any of that, but I’m so glad to hear that you’ve been traveling! Take me along next time? ; )
what button/key do you click AFTER you type the abbreviation to expand the snippet?
len: TextExpander can expand snippets automatically or after a delimiter key of your choosing. You can set this in the Preferences tab of the TextExpander Preference Pane. If you have any questions, please let us know at support@smileonmymac.com.
Be careful using these scripts if you use Little Snitch. It provides no error handling and the basic Little Snitch Allow-Deny dialog will cause your entire machine to lock up.