Contents

• strlen.awf: an Alfred 3 workflow for measuring string length
• Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation from the npm registry
  • Manual installation
• Customization
  • Hotkeys (keyboard shortcuts)
  • Keywords
• License
  • Acknowledgements
  • npm dependencies
• Changelog

strlen.awf is a simple Alfred 3 workflow for counting the number of characters and bytes in a string (piece of text):

It comes with a hotkey (global keyboard shortcut) that operates on the selected text in the currently active macOS application; alternatively, use keyword sl.

Both character and byte count (to see the actual storage requirements of UTF-8-encoded text containing multibyte characters) are measured simultaneously, e.g.:

• Pressing ↩ (Return) on the count of interest copies it to the clipboard (as a mere number).
• Pressing ⌥↩ (Option + Return) additionally pastes the number into the active application.

• macOS (OS X
• Alfred 3 with its paid Power Pack add-on.

^{Note: Even if you don't use Node.js itself: its package manager, npm, works across platforms and is easy to install; try
curl -L https://git.io/n-install | bash}

With Node.js installed, install the package as follows:

[sudo] npm install -g strlen.awf

Note:

• Whether you need sudo depends on how you installed Node.js and whether you've changed permissions later; if you get an EACCES error, try again with sudo.
• Alfred 3 will prompt you to import the workflow - select a category (optional), and confirm.
• After importing, proceed with customization below.

• Click here to download the installer.
• Open the downloaded file: Alfred 3 will prompt you to import the workflow - select a category (optional), and confirm.
• After importing, proceed with customization below.

Note:

• Custom hotkeys and modified keywords are retained on reinstallation / upgrade.
• To customize a workflow again later, click on Alfred's menu-bar extras icon, (the bowler hat symbol), select Preferences..., switch to the Workflows tab at the top, then locate the workflow in the list on the left.

Alfred initially installs a workflow without actual hotkeys, so you must assign them manually:

• Double-click the Hotkey element(s) of interest, click on the Hotkey: input field, and press the desired key combination.

Optionally, you may customize the keyword(s) a workflow comes with:

• Double-click the Keyword or Script Filter element(s) of interest and modify the value of the Keyword: input field.

Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Michael Klement mklement0@gmail.com (http://same2u.net), released under the MIT license.

This project gratefully depends on the following open-source components, according to the terms of their respective licenses.

npm dependencies below have an optional suffix denoting the type of dependency: the absence of a suffix denotes a required run-time dependency; (D) denotes a development-time-only dependency, (O) an optional dependency, and (P) a peer dependency.

• doctoc (D)
• json (D)
• replace (D)
• semver (D)
• urchin (D)

• v0.2.1 (2016-10-02):

  • [breaking change] Upgraded to support Alfred 3. If you still need Alfred 2 support, use version v0.1.1.

• v0.1.1 (2015-11-08):

  • [doc] Wording of placeholder title for keyword sl improved.
  • [doc] README.md fix

• v0.1.0 (2015-11-08):

  • Initial release.