Custom Commands Issues

Rezn8r · 07-13-2016, 10:29 PM

First, thanks for revamping Marvin. I jumped on board as soon as I found out that it had been updated. I love the new version and appreciate all the hard work that must have gone into it. That said, I'm not sure where to post reports of minor bugs and issues, so thought I'd just drop this in as a thread.

The custom commands feature seems to have a lot of potential. At the moment, though, COPY {copy} generates an error message, even though it actually does copy the highlighted text. I am also sorely missing HIGHLIGHT SENTENCE from the previous version of Marvin, which I found surprisingly useful.

Custom Commands looks like it's geared to be a user-oriented scripting language. Is there a tutorial for extending the current presets?

Cheers.

Rezn8r · 07-13-2016, 10:34 PM

Duh, just read Kris' instructions for submitting bug reports via email. Oops. Will do, although any information on using the custom commands as a user-extensible language would be appreciated.

svenlind · 07-14-2016, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rezn8r

Custom Commands looks like it's geared to be a user-oriented scripting language. Is there a tutorial for extending the current presets?

Cheers.

If you know a website you may be able to construct a custom command.
Example:

Go to http://www.wordwebonline.com/

Search for a word say horse. Now observe the address line, it will show

http://www.wordwebonline.com/search.pl?w=horse

You can now enter this custom command in Marvin:

http://www.wordwebonline.com/search.pl?w={text}

kguil · 07-14-2016, 11:17 AM

@Rezn8r - Something 'broke' in iOS 9 that makes the highlight sentence function not work. I'm exploring alternative ways of achieving the same functionality.

Rezn8r · 07-15-2016, 01:13 AM

Thanks, Kris. I appreciate the insight.

Sven, thanks for the example.

Cheers.

07-13-2016, 10:29 PM	#1
Rezn8r Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iPad Air	Custom Commands Issues First, thanks for revamping Marvin. I jumped on board as soon as I found out that it had been updated. I love the new version and appreciate all the hard work that must have gone into it. That said, I'm not sure where to post reports of minor bugs and issues, so thought I'd just drop this in as a thread. The custom commands feature seems to have a lot of potential. At the moment, though, COPY {copy} generates an error message, even though it actually does copy the highlighted text. I am also sorely missing HIGHLIGHT SENTENCE from the previous version of Marvin, which I found surprisingly useful. Custom Commands looks like it's geared to be a user-oriented scripting language. Is there a tutorial for extending the current presets? Cheers.

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07-13-2016, 10:34 PM	#2
Rezn8r Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iPad Air	Duh, just read Kris' instructions for submitting bug reports via email. Oops. Will do, although any information on using the custom commands as a user-extensible language would be appreciated.

07-14-2016, 11:17 AM	#4
kguil Addict Posts: 1,215 Karma: 1836966 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Malta, Europe Device: Marvin for iOS	@Rezn8r - Something 'broke' in iOS 9 that makes the highlight sentence function not work. I'm exploring alternative ways of achieving the same functionality.

07-15-2016, 01:13 AM	#5
Rezn8r Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iPad Air	Thanks, Kris. I appreciate the insight. Sven, thanks for the example. Cheers.

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