I just released my ‘Count Characters for Micro.blog Timeline’ shortcut version 1.0:
This shortcut converts Markdown text to Rich Text and then counts the number of characters. If it is over the character limit to be displayed in full on the Micro.blog Timeline, it allows you to edit the text to be within the limit to avoid truncation. If the edited text still has too many characters, it will continue to rerun this shortcut until it is within the limit.
Get it here from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.
@pratik That’s an excellent idea. For some reason I thought I had accounted for that option even though I’d hardly use it. I’m trying to minimize the number of taps, but I think I came up with a good flow here. I’ll publish the update shortly unless you’ve got any other suggestions?
@pratik Updated to v1.1 with that change!
@pratik You betcha. 😁
I hacked the shortcut to allow up to 3000 characters and I felt like I was cheating 😂😂
@pratik I have a little experience, and it’s something I’ve been meaning to do more with. That’s another good idea. I’d been meaning to ping @agiletortoise about maybe including an option to show the markdown -> rich text converted character count in-app. But this could be a passable stopgap.
@eumrz haha no cheating, just extending. It’s yours do whatever you want with!
@pratik I think I have that installed. I’ll take a look and see what I can do.