> I've been toying with this; you could use something like iPaste or
> CopyPaste, or TypeIt4Me--not services, but easily accessible
> anyplace-so far iPaste is the winner for me.

> in terms of tags, I've been experimenting with tagging files in the Get
> Info Comments and using File Buddy to search; obviously with Spotlight
> you could put the tags directly into the file, though having a metadata
> space for them would be helpful so that the file itself can stay as
> content only.

> TB wrote:
> > Is there a utilty out there that can do this? If not, want to code
> it?

> > I was tinkering with Notational Velocity today and noticed that
> > sometimes a relevant, but half-assed, brainstormy note would fail to
> > come up in the incremental search because I entered the idea without
> > taking pains to include a keyword that I would most likely use for
> > search query. Hence tags.

> > Next I got the idea that tags would be useful for cross-referencing
> the
> > stuff I keep in hierarchical folders in Hog Bay Notebook.

> > What I envision is a services menu utility that will enter, by
> > autocompletion or expansion of an abbreviation, a tag from a
> predefined
> > index of tags. If a new tag is needed, I would like it added to the
> > index with the first usage.

> > Thanks,

> > TB