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Programmable tooltip that can be used with any Mac OS app

19 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 7 stories, 12 comments · first 2020-01-21 · latest 2023-09-08

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  1. …and sent to Tip.app as stdin From downsides, it won't compile with xwidgets support (webkit). [1]: https://github.com/tanin47/tip
    comment by schmooser · 2023-09-08 · in Emacs Bedrock: A minimal Emacs starter kit
  2. Alternatively, you can program Tip ( https://github.com/tanin47/tip , disclaimer: I'm the creator) to popup relevant menu items based on the text you currently select. I've been using this at work hundreds of times every day for years now.…
    comment by tanin · 2022-11-29 · in A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps
  3. It won't, but I feel pretty damn good about my repo getting almost 900 stars ( https://github.com/tanin47/tip ). The github stars is quite useful to break into big tech as well. But the value of it probably stops there.
    comment by tanin · 2022-11-10 · in GitHub stars won't pay your rent (2020)
  4. …the description. I guess I can offer a different one that is free. A programmable tooltip on Mac: https://github.com/tanin47/tip I'm experimenting with a mechanism to replace the selected text. You can select a text (on any app), activate…
    comment by tanin · 2022-10-19 · in Ask HN: What not-profit-seeking project are you tinkering with this week?
  5. …You are the one who write the script to process the text and return the options. You can check it out here: github.com/tanin47/tip PS. I configure a mouse button to trigger the Tip short key, so it is even more convenient.
    comment by tanin · 2022-06-11 · in Ask HN: What do you automate in your workflow?
  6. …them): 1. Mouse config tool for Mac https://github.com/tanin47/noo 2. Programmable tooltip for Mac https://github.com/tanin47/tip This makes me very productive mechanically.
    comment by tanin · 2021-07-27 · in Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?
  7. …tooltip for macOS, so you don't have to remember all the shortcuts for these workflows. Please see https://github.com/tanin47/tip
    comment by tanin · 2020-09-06 · in Hard to discover tips and apps for macOS
  8. …tooltip on Mac. You can program it to send the selected text on any app to your note file: https://github.com/tanin47/tip/wiki/Universal-Tip,-a-program...
    comment by tanin · 2020-06-04 · in Personal Wiki for Vim
  9. I'm working on a programmable tooltip on Mac OS X ( https://github.com/tanin47/tip ), as in you can write your own script (ruby/python/bash) to provide tooltip items. It's my first real app on Mac OS X. I started the app before the covid…
    comment by tanin · 2020-05-14 · in Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
  10. …app, which will make Tip usage really convenient. Please leave a comment on this issue: https://github.com/tanin47/tip/issues/28 I'll notify you when the app is released to private beta. Current progress: I'm building the setting UI for…
    comment by tanin · 2020-05-09 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
  11. …built a programmable tooltip on Mac OS X for these mechanical tasks. I'd love for you to try it! https://github.com/tanin47/tip
    comment by tanin · 2020-05-09 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
  12. …from epoch. The tooltip has been very helpful to me, and it might be useful to you. Check it out: https://github.com/tanin47/tip
    comment by tanin · 2020-03-21 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?