st_qwa -- helper script for selection step

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dtic
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st_qwa -- helper script for selection step

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; st_qwa
; helper script for step 4 (select content) in Scan Tailor
;
; written in Autohotkey by nod5
;
; What it does:
; Keyboard navigation in Scan Tailor turns on a focus button.
; st_qwa disables that button.
;
; Q = page up without activating focus button
; W = page down without activating focus button
;
; A = while clickdragging a selection press A to
; - save position of currently focused page in right column and
; - submit current selection (i.e. send a mouse up command) and
; - focus the page that is now in the saved position
;
; st_qwa requires the information utility RanorexSpy.exe in the script folder.
; Download here: http://www.ranorex.com/gui-testing-guide/spy.html
;
; When st_qwa runs it first uses Ranorex to get information from Scan Tailor.
; For that to work Scan Tailor must be started before st_qwa.
Get it here: http://nod5.dcmembers.com/downloads/st_qwa.zip
The zip includes binary, source, readme and md5.
The Q and W hotkeys fixes a bug in Scan Tailor.
The A hotkey improves the workflow when manually changing selection for many images in a row while sorting by height or width.
dtic
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Re: st_qwa -- helper script for selection step

Post by dtic »

I have had time to test the script some more myself and the A hotkey really helps the workflow. If there are multiple selections to fix, for example if Scan Tailor missed page numbers at the bottom of many pages, then chances are you can sort by height and work through them all much faster in a row using the A hotkey.
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