User Guide

• Overview
• Query
  • Introduction
  • Usage
• Copying Results
• Setting & Help Methods

Overview

There are currently 4 methods to trigger Coinc's main conversion interface:

• In Alfred, type the keyword cur along with the query (Recommended, supports hints and settings)
• In Alfred, type the keyword coinc, then press ⏎
• In Alfred, type the query, then choose the fallback search (Setup required)
• With Hotkey, follow this guide to set it up

Query

Introduction

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

Queries are position-insensitive. Besides the cur keyword, arguments in the following methods can be typed in any order. Namely, the following queries all yield 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

Usage

• cur: Convert between all favorite currencies and base currency with 1 unit based on ORIENTATION config

FROM_FAV	DEFAULT	TO_FAV

• cur [value]: Convert between all favorite currencies and base currency with [value] unit based on ORIENTATION config

FROM_FAV	DEFAULT	TO_FAV

• cur [currency]: Convert between [currency] and base currency with 1 unit

  

• cur [value] [currency]: Convert between [currency] and base currency with [value] unit

  

• cur [currency_1] [currency_2]: Convert between [currency_1] and [currency_2] with 1 unit

  

• cur [value] [currency_1] [currency_2]: Convert between [currency_1] and [currency_2] with [value] unit

  

Copying Results

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

Setting & Help Methods

• cur-add: Add a new currency to the favorite list
• cur-rm: Remove a currency from the favorite list
• cur-arr: Arrange orders of the favorite list
• cur-ref: Refresh Currency List & Rates (This happens automatically in the background, this is just a manual trigger)
• cur-alias and cur-unalias: Setting custom mapping between characters and currency, see Customized Trigger for details
• cur-help: Show a list of example usage or opens up this repository