PopClip Snippet Extension for Devonthink Annotation / Add Quote

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Those who use Devonthink may find this to be of interest - simple but very useful if you use Annotations in Devonthink:

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Hello @nick

I am trying to modify this to execute two key sequences so that I can highlight the text before creating a quote. Why do I get an Invalid YAML error here?

# popclip
name: Devonthink Quotes
icon: square DQ
 javascript: |
    popclip.pressKey('L', util.constant.MODIFIER_SHIFT|util.constant.MODIFIER_CTRL)
    popclip.pressKey('Q',  util.constant.MODIFIER_CTRL|util.constant.MODIFIER_COMMAND|util.constant.MODIFIER_SHIFT)
required apps: [com.devon-technologies.think3]
#end
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It’s most likely the two spaces indent before the word javascript. Is should be on the same indentation as it sibling keys.

YAML is very sensitive to leading white space.

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Many thanks

That was it- plus CONTROL needs to be spelled fully

This works:

# popclip
name: Devonthink Quotes
icon: square DQ
javascript: |
    popclip.pressKey('L', util.constant.MODIFIER_SHIFT|util.constant.MODIFIER_COMMAND)
    popclip.pressKey('Q',  util.constant.MODIFIER_CONTROL|util.constant.MODIFIER_COMMAND|util.constant.MODIFIER_SHIFT)
required apps: [com.devon-technologies.think3]
#end
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@rkaplan, you may be interested to know that in PopClip 2022.5 the above snippet can now be rewritten as:

# popclip
name: Devonthink Quotes
icon: square DQ
key combos: [command shift L, control command shift Q]
required apps: [com.devon-technologies.think3]

or staying in JS, the same syntax can now be used:

# popclip
name: Devonthink Quotes
icon: square DQ
javascript: |
    popclip.pressKey('command shift L')
    popclip.pressKey('control command shift Q')
required apps: [com.devon-technologies.think3]
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Very nice - thank you for the follow-up @nick