@Howard: I just mean that the custom mnemonic triggers assigned to aliases are not remembered across sessions. Everything else in QS including the custom File & Folder Scanner is correctly saved.
@Daniel: I created a folder under ~/Applications/QS Mnemonic Aliases/ and put a couple of aliases in there and named them with the mnemonic I wanted to assign. Then I added a new File & Folder Scanner under Custom in the QS Catalog and selected that folder. Under Source Options I have Include Contents: Folder Contents chosen, a depth of 1 selected and Omit source item checked. After rescanning the catalog it shows 2 items, and the Contents info panel shows my 2 aliases - actually it shows the original application and file that the aliases pointed to rather than the aliases themselves. The catalog and contents are persisted across sessions. Double clicking the icon in the Contents panel opens a QS window with the source as subject. From here I right-click the source icon and select "Assign abbreviation" from the Actions menu. Testing the mnemonic at this stage does not work. Repeating the procedure and choosing "Show source in Catalog" from the Actions menu opens the Appications catalog for the application alias, and the file alias opens in User > Recent Items > Recent Documents Catalog. By bringing up the "QS Mnemonic Aliases (Catalog)" as the QS subject and navigating inside it to the items and assigning an abbreviation simply does not work no matter how many time I assign it and rescan the catalog. However by bringing up the "QS Mnemonic Aliases" folder (not catalog) as the QS subject and navigating inside it to the items, assigning an abbreviation and rescanning the catalog does work from that point on, until QS is restarted at which point they are lost. Thanks, Scott On Mar 28, 5:08 am, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been following this thread with curiosity. My experience trying > to use OS X aliases for this was that QS indexed not the alias but > what it pointed to, which made the hack not work. You can select the > catalog source, hit the i button to open the drawer and look in > Contents to see what it's scanned. > > Say "settings are lost" is a little to vague for me to help. Settings > are stored in: > ~/Library/Preferences/com.blacktree.Quicksilver.plist > ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/ > Provided you have write access to these files and folders QS should > have no problems remembering settings. When you say "settings" do you > mean all settings or just one thing in particular and if so what > specifically? > > Howard > > On Mar 27, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Daniel wrote: > > > I'm not sure what to say, then. Make sure, of course, that the > > scanner is set to include folder contents. Also, click on the > > "contents" tab in the inspector pane for that scanner and see if > > there's anything there. Make sure the scanner is checked, etc. If > > you can ever see the aliases, do a "show source in catalog" on them > > and make sure it shows as the new scanner and not the default Apps > > one. Maybe try moving the QS preferences to the Desktop, remaking > > that scanner and seeing if it works now. I've been having similar > > problems, but I've usually been able to fix them basically by trying > > stuff over and over until it worked. QS is sorta "stubborn" > > sometimes.
