Hesslow Extensions

All Tags

Here under is a list of all tags that you can use in Quicktext and Quicktext Pro. Tags that are marked with a * is only available in the Pro version.

ATT, CLIPBOARD, COUNTER, DATE, FILE, FROM, INPUT, ORGATT, ORGHEADER, SCRIPT, SUBJECT, TEXT, TIME, TO, URL, VERSION

[[ATT=type|separator]]

Return the filename of the attachments and optional also the filesizes.

type	[optional]	name, full
Name just returns the names and full also return the filesize.

separator	[optional]
If there is several attachments this string is used for separating them. Default is ", " and other example is "\n" or ",\n".

example:

[[ATT]]
[[ATT=full]]

[[CLIPBOARD]]

Gets the current clipboard.

example:

[[CLIPBOARD]]

[[COUNTER]]*

Is an counter that increase everytime it gets inserted. Could be used to get unique numbers.

example:

[[COUNTER]]

[[DATE=type]]

Gets the date.

type	[optional]	short, long
Short: [XXX: what does it look i english]. Long: [XXX: what does it look i english]. The value depends on the language of you OS.

example:

[[DATE]]
[[DATE=long]]

[[FILE=path]]

Gets the content of a local plaintext file. For remote files use URL and if you want an file to be added as attachment use the attachment field in the settings.

path	[required]
The path to the local file.

example:

[[FILE=C:\file.txt]]

[[FROM=type]]

Gets the value from the from-field.

type	[required]	email, firstname, lastname, fullname, displayname, nickname, ...
First it tries to get the values from the adressbook. If that not is possible it tries to parse the mailaddress. In the latest version of Quicktext you can use any value that you find here. Just lowercase the property name.

example:

[[FROM=firstname]]
[[FROM=fullname]]

[[INPUT=name|type|default]]*

Displays a prompt and you have fill in or choose a value.

name	[required]
The name is showed in the prompt so you know what kind of value you should fill in.

type	[optional]	text, select
If you choose text you fill in the value and if you choose select you choose between predefined texts.

default	[optional]
Don't need to be set if you use type text. But if you use type select its needs to be a ;-separated list.

example:

[[INPUT=freightnumber]]
[[INPUT=title|select|Mr;Mrs;Ms]]

[[ORGATT=separator]]*

Gets the attachments from the mail you answering.

separator	[optional]
If there is several attachments this string is used for separating them. Default is ", " and other example is "\n" or ",\n".

example:

[[ORGATT]]
[[ORGATT=\n]]

[[ORGHEADER=type|separator]]*

Gets the headers from the mail you answering.

type	[required]
Which header you want. For example "to" or "reply-to".

separator	[optional]
If there is several headers of the type you chosed this string is used for separating them. Default is ", " and other example is "\n" or ",\n".

example:

[[ORGHEADER=to]]
[[ORGHEADER=received|\n\n]]

[[SCRIPT=name|...]]*

Runs a userscript with the specified name.

name	[required]
The name of any of your scripts.

...
Depends if the scripts needs extra arguments or not.

example:

[[SCRIPT=myscript]]
[[SCRIPT=myscript|myvar1|myvar2]]

[[SUBJECT]]

Gets the subject.

example:

[[SUBJECT]]

[[TEXT=group|name]]

Inserts another text in this one.

group	[required]
The name of the group that the text is in.

name	[required]
The name of the text you want to insert

example:

[[TEXT=mygroup|mytext]]

[[TIME=type]]

Gets the time.

type	[optional]	noseconds, seconds
Noseconds: 11:37. Seconds: 11:37:54.

example:

[[TIME]]
[[TIME=seconds]]

[[TO=type|separator]]

Gets the value from the to-field.

type	[required]	email, firstname, lastname, fullname, displayname, nickname, ...
First it tries to get the values from the adressbook. If that not is possible it tries to parse the mailaddress. In the latest version of Quicktext you can use any value that you find here. Just lowercase the property name.

separator	[optional]
If there is several recipient this string is used for separating them. Default is ", " and other example is "\n" or ",\n".

example:

[[TO=firstname]]
[[TO=fullname|,\n]]

[[URL=url|data]]*

Makes a POST-call to the specified url and insert the text that is returned.

url	[required]
The url that you want the call to be made to.

data	[optional]	att, clipboard, counter, date, from, orgatt, orgheader, subject, time, to, version
This specifies what values that is POSTed to the url

example:

[[URL=http://example.com]]
[[URL=http://example.com|to;from]]

[[VERSION=type]]

Gets the version of Thunderbird you use.

type	[optional]	full, number
Full: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4. Number: 1.5.0.4.

example:

[[VERSION]]
[[VERSION=number]]