Changelog

1.4.0 (β75): Fix for preferences not being dismissed

1.4.0 (β74): Added welcome splash ”sequence“; Added a Preference pane; Added new formats for comments, // and block comments /* ... */; Allow comments on same line as Bunch items; Fixed infinite loop if referenced snippet file is not found; Accept more unicode characters in key combo strings (↩, ␣, ⎋, etc.); Slow down automated typing by a couple milliseconds/key stroke; “Bunch Editor” preference; Allow Command-Clicking an app in the menu to open it in an editor; You can now assign variables on the fly using dialogs (text, popup button); Add % for Hyper key as a modifier key in key combo strings; Activate all windows of target app before sending keystrokes; Bear with me… if a Bunch opens another Bunch when it closes, don’t quit apps that the other Bunch opens anyway; Run all keystroke sequences on main thread, improved reliability and no crashes; Multiple issues affecting marking Bunches open/closed in the controller; Do a full close of open Bunches (including re-opening !closed Bunches) when switching in Single Bunch Mode; Handling of !!Bunch.bunch launch-on-close; Default url handler x-success delay to 1 instead of 5; Allow multiple files (comma separated) when calling snippet url handler; Allow fragments to be called per file in url snippet handler using hashes (encoded as %23); Descriptive titles for URL Handler calls in log; Watch from file: frontmatter files and automatically refresh the Bunch when changed; URL handler for open, close, and toggle allows multiple target Bunches separated by comma; Allow url handler to set arbitrary frontmatter keys using query string; Bunches with schedules now have tooltips on hover showing next open/close time; Fixed Raw URL handler not processing raw text; Ignore frontmatter lines with empty key or value; Fixed scheduled dates in logs off by 15 seconds; Various glitches with Bunch scheduling; Close Items In… menu not working; Fix for delayed launches in parallel Bunches (~5)

1.4.0 (β72): Complete rewrite of keystroke functionality for macOS 10.15+

1.4.0 (β71): Fixed @Focused apps failing to quit

1.4.0 (β70): You can now type strings within key combo syntax by surrounding with double quotes, e.g. {@n (tab)3 "typing an email\n\n-Brett" @$d}; More interactivity with multiple-choice dialogs and snippet branching; Restored missing “Launch Items in Parallel” preference

1.4.0 (β69): Better handling of Accessibility permissions requests; (stay awake) command to keep Mac awake while a Bunch is open (or for a set period of time , e.g. (stay awake 60)) [documentation]; Fixed menu ordering for real; toggles: false frontmatter key to only allow a Bunch to open, never close, not affecting the state of apps it contains or the menu. [documentation]; quits apps: always frontmatter key to allow a Bunch to quit apps even if they’re open in other Bunches [documentation]; “Quit Apps Open in Other Bunches” preference, global version of quits apps: always frontmatter [documentation]; If app can’t be activated, send a launch signal; Better “close all windows” handling for XX lines; If natural language interval has no s, m, h, or d, assume seconds (e.g. (sleep 120) assumes (sleep 120s)); For real fixed menu ordering

1.4.0 (β68): Syntax for opening Finder windows in tabs; single bunch mode: ignore frontmatter key to exclude a Bunch from be affected by Single Bunch Mode; Menu ordering fixed; Force dialogs to remain above other app’s windows; Fix hang when hiding all apps

1.4.0 (β67): “New Bunch With Open Apps” command; Option to execute Bunch items in parallel (all at once); “Recent Bunch Folders” in Preferences submenu; Better log messages for shell script errors; Move initial Bunch Folder location to ~/Documents/Bunches; Change wording of menu item from “Quit Apps In…” to “Close Items in…”; Changed “No” button in Optional Snippets dialog to “Cancel” so Escape key works; Offer relaunch dialog if log detail level is changed; Sort preferences in Bunch menu in Dock mode; %{} variable placeholder url encodes replacement; $BUNCH_PHASE environment variable for shell scripts to determine whether the Bunch is opening or closing; Improved: shell script parsing and execution; Fixed: Users couldn’t set log level to Debug; Offer “relaunch” dialog if log level is changed; ?"Optional Snippet" queries now work with on-close !<Snippets too; Repeating syntax for key commands {@n (right)10}; Ask the user if they want to close open Bunches when switching to a new Bunch folder

1.4.0 (β66): Allow frontmatter from script to wait for input, allowing scripts with dialogs; Only run frontmatter from script when opening, not when pre-loading tasks; Allow startup frontmatter to accept value of ask, offer yes/no dialog before loading; Better error handling for recursive nesting (Bunchception)

1.4.0 (β65): Sort menu by display title (ignoring emoji); “menu order” frontmatter to force menu display order

1.4.0 (β62): Don’t lowercase notify command text

1.4.0 (β61): Introduced frontmatter; Change menu display title with frontmatter; Set arbitrary snippet variables with frontmatter; “from script” and “from file” allow dynamic frontmatter; Mark a Bunch as a startup bunch with frontmatter; Schedule bunches to open and close at specified days and times using frontmatter; Tag search for files to open; Full Spotlight search for files to open; Launch files in their default app by using “Default” as app name; (notify) command to trigger notification center; (sleep) commands (sleep, sleep display, sleep screensaver); Indent snippets 4 spaces/1 tab to have them wait for all apps in the Bunch to launch or quit; < snippets can have a delay ~5; !< snippets will run on close; !< snippets can have a delay ~5; « Embedded snippets; Bunch Log with customizable log levels; Detect shebang and execute appropriate binary for non-executable shell scripts; Attempt at smarter app hiding; Update example Bunch; New features for the Bunch CLI, including “load as snippet” and interactive Bunch URL; Smarter shell script loading, better script shebang handling, binary detection; Documentation updates

1.3.6: Preference option to restore previously open Bunches when launching; Close launched Bunches when closing Bunch; Use !Name.bunch to close a bunch within a Bunch; Avoid infinite loops when opening/closing Bunches within Bunches (a Bunch can’t call itself)

1.3.5: New snippet url method (see docs); New x-success and x-delay parameters for all URL methods; New AppleScript method run snippet to mirror url handler; Allow default values for variables (${var:default}); Don’t freak out if variable placeholders are included in snippets but values are not provided when importing

1.3.4: Bugfix release

1.3.3: Launch Bunches on startup with *.startup files; On/Off images for Bunches in menu bar mode; Allow Bunches to be launched like applications; If a Bunch is launched by another Bunch, affect its checkmark; Keyboard shortcuts in menu bar menu; Snippet files not found when they absolutely do exist; Better handling if a fragment isn’t matched; When a Bunch causes errors, gracefully ignore and continue processing other bunches

1.3.2: Update help links to new mini-site

1.3.1: Handle Do Not Disturb commands on Big Sur; Add syntax for confirm dialog when loading snippets, e.g. <test.snippet ?"Load this snippet?"; Allow Option-click on checked Bunch to clear checkmark; AppleScript command “process text” to process raw Bunch commands

1.3.0: Fix for delayed apps not quitting on close

1.2.9: Better at maintaining “open” checkmarks; Reduce delay when storing and changing wallpaper; Add option to delay a launch or command with ~X at the end of line; Big Sur Dock Icon

1.2.8: add (audio mute) and (audio unmute) commands; allow separate input/output muting and volume commands; improved method for setting output volume

1.2.7: Allow !! to launch apps when closing a Bunch; Better error handling for unreadable Bunch files; Allow sections in snippets that can be called individually

1.2.6: New audio commands for switching inputs, outputs, and setting volume

1.2.5: Fix for issues when changing Bunch Folder preference

1.2.4: Add Microsoft Edge to browser-specific url options

1.2.3: Allow urls to be opened in a specific browser.

1.2.2: Change escape codes for up and down from “\\p” and “\\n” to “\\u” and “\\d”; Add \\h delete, \\a home, \\e end escape codes; Allow leading and trailing space for [ typed string ] commands; Allow system key names in key commands, e.g. {@up}; Allow unicode characters for arrow keys, e.g. {@↑}; Allow hyphenated long-form commands, e.g. {opt-left opt-left cmd-shift-up}; Make about panel appear in foreground when running in menu bar mode

1.2.1: (wallpaper [path]) command to specify desktop images

1.2.0: Ability to import “snippets” with variables for repeatable bunch actions

1.1.9: $BUNCH_DND environment variable for shell scripts, shows current Do Not Disturb state; $BUNCH_DOCK environment variable for shell scripts, shows current Dock visibility; $BUNCH_DESKTOP_ICONS environment variable for shell scripts, shows whether Desktop icons are visible

1.1.8: Send key commands using {@~w} in app file params; Type key sequences using [type this out] in app file params; Improve hiding all apps (@@)

1.1.7: New commands dark mode and dark mode off; Optimizations and fixes

1.1.6: Run commands when closing a Bunch: !(hide dock); Dock positioning commands: !(dock [left|right|bottom]); Launch At Login preference handling; Fixes Dock show/hide commands being reversed

1.1.5: Better reporting for Workflow errors; More dependable implementation for “@@” (hide all apps)

1.1.4: Fix for AppleScript “Corrupted Dictionary” errors

1.1.3: AppleScript improvements that will be invisible to the naked eye. Or really any end user.; Donate button twice in the menu bar version. Nobody needs that much prodding. I mean, you’re going to pitch in or you’re not, right?

1.1.2: Bunch can be automated with AppleScript; URL method setPrefs to change certain preferences from script; Bind bunch menu item states to a property so they’re always up-to-date

1.1.1: Additional environment variables for shell scripts; Updated Example.bunch with all the latest goodness; A script line (*&$) preceded by ! will only run that script when closing the Bunch; Status item submenu with Check For Updates (and Donate)

1.1.0: Preferences->”Run in Menu Bar” option; Preferences->”Launch at Login” option

1.0.10: Use & workflowname to run automator workflows; Use $ shell command to run shell scripts/commands; Menu command to clear checkmarks in toggle/single bunch mode (force launched Bunches to launch again); Url method raw for directly loading any Bunch-formatted file or directly passing bunch commands as a string; (dnd on) and (dnd off) commands for Do Not Disturb; Watch bunch folder for changes and refresh automatically; Opening or closing a Bunch via url command now toggles launched state in Dock menu when Toggle Bunches is active

1.0.9: Add close method to url handler; Add toggle method to url handler; Allow url handler methods to toggle Bunch state in Dock Menu; Show an alert when commands fail to make it easier to diagnose and fix Bunches; Add LaunchBar, Alfred, and CLI scripts to documentation

1.0.8: Add percent (%) before app name to ignore it when closing a Bunch; Add XX as a filename to close all windows for the app\; Desktop icons commands: (hide desktop) and (show desktop)

1.0.7: Toggle Bunches mode, checkmark opened Bunches, click checkmarked Bunch to close; Single Bunch Mode; Quit Apps in Bunch… submenu; Bunch commands (hide dock) (show dock)

1.0.6: @@ alone on a line will hide all apps

1.0.5: New URL handler x-bunch:; Ability to change location of Bunches folder

1.0.4: Allow URL schemes (in addition to http); Test if app is running or hidden before launching, hiding, quitting; Use NSWorkspace instead of AppleScript where possible; Allow _ suffix to hide app (experimental)

1.0.3: Add @focus syntax; Add *AppleScript syntax

1.0.2: Improve launch speed; Allow ![app name] to quit an app; Build for older macOS versions; Sort Bunches alphabetically in Dock menu

1.0.1: Remove cruft from app menus; Add “Show Bunches in Finder” to Dock and File menus