Access services from Cocoa app's contextual menus

Oct 22, '02 09:38:20AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Back in the old days of the Classic Mac OS (ah it seems so long ago now), there was an extension written called "ICeTEe" that allowed the user to command-click any URL in editable text in any application. ICeTEe would then open the URL for you; a clever and useful hack back then. What does this have to do with Mac OS X you might ask?

Nicholas Riley has cleverly updated ICeTEe for Mac OS X and renamed it "ICeCoffEE." This new version expands on the original and most significantly allows you to get to the "services" menu from the contextual menu (the menu that pops-up when you right- or control-click on some text). You can download it from his free software page.

I personally don't need the Command-click URL launching - but when I saw the services ability - I installed it immediately. Note that ICeCoffEE does not work in Carbon apps (such as the Finder) because it is implemented as an Input Manager.

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