On 12 Mar 2014, at 21:37, Ross Ahmed wrote:
I often have a list of birds like this […] I need to convert them into their abbreviated codes […]
My current strategy is to just manually replace each bird name with their code. I was hoping to make 5 selections (multiple cursors, one cursor for each bird name), and convert them to their codes in one keystroke. Does this sound possible?
Since a lookup table is required to transform the bird names, there is no good way around writing code for this task.
But a simple command can do this, I attached an example. Double-click to install.
After that, you can press F3 to convert bird names in your selection or document (if there is no selection).
You can augment the list in the bundle editor and/or change the key equivalent.