Text Wielder: Service Menu Utility
Text Wielder looks like it has the potential to be very useful. It's a small application that adds a large number of options to the OS X Services Menu, which allow you to execute tasks on selected text. So, for instance, if you were browsing in Safari and came across a word you wanted to look up in an online dictionary, you could select the word, invoke the appropriate Text Wielder script from the Services Menu and it would automatically open the appropriate page.
It comes with 120 scripts for various functions (including web lookups, text processing, and executing UNIX commands), and Text Wielder can apparently be customized with your own "scripts" using its "SFRL(Simple Find and Replace Language)."
Unfortunately, it's a bit pricey at $30 (a demo is available). If you want a cheaper option, we have previously talked about ThisService, which could probably be used to accomplish many of the same things, but it lacks the scripting language. I also think OpenMenu X might be just as useful and much cheaper, but I can imagine how Text Wielder might be helpful to someone who wants to cook up his own scripts.
[Via MacNN]
