Once you create an automator script, you can run them by going to the application menu and choosing services (for example, Chrome > Services > j2m). Or you can one-up your game and attach the service to a keyboard shortcut.
To do that, go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shorcuts.
Then, in the shortcuts, go to Servies and then scroll down to Text.
You should be see the service you have created in that list and can add a keyboard shortcut to it.
| /** | |
| Open automator | |
| New Service | |
| Service recieves selected text in any application | |
| Check output replaces selected text | |
| Enter the text below as "Run JavaScript" | |
| **/ | |
| function run(input) { | |
| var inputString = input[0]; | |
| var ticketMatches = /([a-z]+\ [0-9]+)\ (.*)/i.exec(inputString); | |
| var ticketNumber = ticketMatches[1].toUpperCase().replace(/ /g, '-') + ':'; | |
| var description = ticketMatches[2].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + ticketMatches[2].slice(1) + '.'; | |
| return ticketNumber + ' ' + description; | |
| } |
| # Before creating, run `npm i -g j2m` from the command line | |
| # Open automator | |
| # New Service | |
| # Service recieves selected text in any application | |
| # Check Output replaces selected text | |
| # Enter the line below as "run shell script" | |
| /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/j2m -i - -o - --toJ --stdin |