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Tomy Hsieh edited this page Feb 27, 2020 · 13 revisions

Conversion Method

There are currently 4 methods to trigger Coon's main conversion interface, only the first method gives you hint for setting and help method along with other alfred results

Method Demo
In Alfred, type the keyword cur along with query
In Alfred, type the keyword coon then press
In Alfred, type the query then choose the fallback search (Setup required)
Press the Hotkey (Default is ⌥-C, but you can change it)

Query

Query is compose of two arguments

  • [value]: must be a decimal number, commas (,) will be ignored
  • [currency]: can be either code (USD, JPY,...) or alias ($, ¥,...), for alias mapping, see Currencies

Query is position-insensitive, besides the cur keyword, arguments in the following methods can be typed in any order. Namely, the following query all yields the same results:

  • cur 5 GBP CAD
  • cur 5 CAD GBP
  • cur GBP 5 CAD
  • cur CAD 5 GBP
  • cur GBP CAD 5
  • cur CAD GBP 5

The following examples demonstrate using the default config and settings

Query Results Demo
cur ORIENTATION = DEFAULT:
1 [favs] = ? [base]
1 [base] = ? [favs]
ORIENTATION = FROM_FAV
1 [favs] = ? [base]
ORIENTATION = TO_FAV
1 [base] = ? [favs]
cur [value] ORIENTATION = DEFAULT:
[value] [favs] = ? [base]
[value] [base] = ? [favs]
ORIENTATION = FROM_FAV
[value] [favs] = ? [base]
ORIENTATION = TO_FAV
[value] [base] = ? [favs]
cur [currency] 1 [currency] = ? [base]
1 [base] = ? [currency]
cur [value] [currency] [value] [currency] = ? [base]
[value] [base] = ? [currency]
cur [currency_1] [currency_2] 1 [currency_1] = ? [currency_2]
1 [currency_2] = ? [currency_1]
cur [value] [currency_1] [currency_2] [value] [currency_1] = ? [currency_2]
[value] [currency_2] = ? [currency_1]

Copying Results

  • Press or ⌘-C on converted item to copy value
  • Press ⌥-⏎ on converted item to copy value along correspond symbol

Setting & Help Methods

Keyword Description Demo
cur-add Add a new currency to favorite list
cur-rm Remove a currency from favorite list
cur-arr Arrange orders of the favorite list
cur-ref Refresh Currency List & Rates
cur-help Show a list of example usage or opens up this repository

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