Lightning Brain ChatterGoofy
This is a free download; it supports Mac & Windows versions of InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4.
Goal
This tool emulates the functionality of the well known Jabberwocky XTension in QuarkXPress®.
It is compatible with Jabberwocky in that it accepts exported Jabberwocky sets. This first version does not have any editing capability with regards to the sets – that will be introduced in a future version. Things are a bit primitive right now.
For this first version, you need to export one or more Jabberwocky sets from QuarXPress and install them in the ChatterGoofy data folder (see Installation, a bit further down).
If you don’t have QuarkXPress or Jabberwocky – there is a usable set included with this download, so you can start using Lightning Brain ChatterGoofy straight away.
Download
This is a free download. Before you can use the LB ChatterGoofy Plug-In you also have to install our free APID ToolAssistant Plug-In, which is available as a second, separate download.
LB ChatterGoofy supports InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4 on Mac or Windows.
Download the LB ChatterGoofy Scripted Plugin (version 1.0.3 – Free download – does not include the APID ToolAssistant. Don’t worry about the icon of the .spln file: it might not be a ‘regular’ icon, and that’s OK)
Download APID ToolAssistant for InDesign (version 1.0.46 – Free)
You don’t need to purchase a license for APID ToolAssistant (but we’re always grateful if you do – it helps us fund further development). The LB ChatterGoofy Plug-In will work fine with an unlicensed APID ToolAssistant.
To encourage us by purchasing the US$25 optional license, select the API – APID ToolAssistant… menu item, select the ‘APID ToolAssistant’ entry in the list, and click the Get License… button. Purchasing a license helps us fund further development of cool stuff!
If you don’t purchase a license, APID ToolAssistant will show itself as ‘Demo’ for the first 20 days after it was first installed, and after the 20 days are up, it will change to ‘Unlicensed’. Don’t be alarmed by this. It will not stop working. LB ChatterGoofy works with an unlicensed version of APID ToolAssistant, and purchasing a license is optional.
Let us know if this tool is useful to you, at pluginsupport@rorohiko.com. Thanks!
Installation
Please make sure you have a copy of the APID ToolAssistant Plug-In installed.
Make sure you install the proper plug-in for your version of InDesign. InDesign CS Plug-Ins, InDesign CS2 Plug-Ins and InDesign CS3 Plug-Ins are mutually incompatible.
If you already have an APID ToolAssistant Plug-In installed (e.g. because you use one of our other Scripted Plug-Ins), make sure it is up-to-date.
APID ToolAssistant used to be called ‘Active Page Item Runtime‘ – if you have any copies ofActive Page Item Runtime or Active Page Item Developer installed, please remove them, and replace them with APID ToolAssistant.
When installing plug-ins make sure you copy plug-in files, not the folders they are contained in.
Copy the ChatterGoofy.spln into the same folder as the APID ToolAssistant Plug-In you installed (typically that will be the InDesign Plug-Ins folder).
Inside the downloaded stuff is a folder called ChatterGoofy. It contains a Jabberwocky set called NZEnglish.JAB.
Unless you already have installed a ChatterGoofy data folder on a previous occasion, you should navigate to your Documents (Mac) or My Documents (Win) folder, and copy the folderChatterGoofy here (copy the folder, not its contents).
Put any exported Jabberwocky sets you have in this ChatterGoofy folder (these files will typically be called ‘English Jabbering’, ‘Esperanto Jabbering’, etc… on Mac or ‘English.JAB’, ‘Esperanto.JAB’,… on Windows)
To export a Jabberwocky Set from QuarkXPress you need to select Edit - Jabberwocky Sets…from the menu bar, select the proper set, and click Export….
Usage
This tool emulates the functionality of the well known Jabberwocky XTension in QuarkXPress®
It is compatible with Jabberwocky in that it accepts exported Jabberwocky sets. This first version does not have any editing capability with regards to the sets – that will be introduced in a future version. Things are a bit primitive right now.
For this first version, you need to export one or more Jabberwocky sets from QuarXPress and install them in the ChatterGoofy data folder (see Installation, a bit further down).
Start Adobe® InDesign®, and open a new document.
Put the text insertion point in a text box, and select Chatter… from the API menu. The contents of the text box will be replaced by gobbledygook placeholder text.
Let us know if this Scripted Plug-In is useful to you, at pluginsupport@rorohiko.com. Thanks!
Version history
21-May-2007 Version 1.0.3:
- CS3 support
- Moved preferences menu item into API – ChatterGoofy menu
25-Aug-2006 Version 1.0.2:
- Disable menu item when not applicable
25-Jun-2006 Version 1.0.1:
- Moved ChatterGoofy prefs submenu into InDesign Preferences menu.
12-Jun-2006 Version 1.0:
- Initial beta release.