Key Changes in Bunch 1.4
- Menu Bar Only
- Bunch is now a menu bar application, no more Dock mode
- Visual Stuff
- New Preference Pane. It’s pretty.
- Keyboard Stuff
- Assign a global keyboard shortcut for opening Bunch menu in menu bar mode
- Assign keyboard shortcuts for each Bunch using
shortcut:frontmatter - More keyboard shortcuts for internal commands
- Frontmatter
- Vastly extend the capabilities of a Bunch with metadata at the top of a Bunch file
- Set a custom display title for any Bunch
- Curate the menu order
- schedule execution days and times
- Create arbitrary variables for use in logic and scripting, and more
- Subfolders
- Bunches can be organized in subfolders, which will create submenus in the main Bunch menu
- Speed Stuff
- Option to execute Bunch items in parallel for faster execution of Bunches
- Dialog Stuff
- Add interactivity with multiple-choice dialogs and snippet branching
- You can also assign variables on the fly using dialogs (text input, select dialog)
- Debugging Stuff
- A Bunch Log with customizable log levels
- Snippet Stuff
- « Embedded snippets
- Indent snippets 4 spaces/1 tab to have them wait for all apps in the Bunch to launch or quit
- Snippets can have a delay and run on close
- Command Stuff
- New commands like log, sleep, notify, stay awake, audio, input source, screen, and more.
- Use the (display) command to create Single Site Browsers, tail log files, or display any file in a customizable window
- Shell Script Stuff
- Improved shell script parsing and execution
- Task monitors for shell scripts launched by a Bunch
- Spotlight Stuff
- Full Spotlight search
- Tag search for files to open
- Launch files in their default app by using “Default” as app name
- Variable Stuff
- Use
${variables}inside of Bunches (like you would in Snippets), populated by frontmatter keys or manually when calling a Bunch from a Bunch. Documentation - Set variables with script results
- Allow global variable assignments that persist across launches and are available in all Bunches
- Variable placeholders allow default values and built-in transforms (url encode, raw newlines, etc.)
- Super Nerdy Stuff
- If/Else logic parsing
- More Stuff
- “New Bunch With Open Apps” command
- Syntax for opening Finder windows in tabs
- Complete rewrite of keystroke functionality for macOS 10.15+
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- Repeating syntax for key commands
{@n (right)10}
- Repeating syntax for key commands
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- You can now type strings within key combo syntax by surrounding with double quotes, e.g.
{@n (tab)3 "typing an email\\n\\n-Brett" @$d}
- You can now type strings within key combo syntax by surrounding with double quotes, e.g.
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- Allow sending global keyboard shortcuts (not tied to specific app)
- Command-Click a Bunch in the menu to open it in your editor of choice
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New formats for comments,
//and block comments/* ... */ - Expanded AppleScript dictionary