Yes, it will work for pretty much any native application. Java applications and the like may or may not work, but it never hurts to try. If you want, you can use the freeware Lingon to give you a nice graphical interface for making launch agents. They are very versatile, and can do much more than just this sort of very simple action.
On May 28, 9:57 am, Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is an awesome method that I did not know about. Everybody, > ignore my way—this is much better. > > I assume that works for any application? Just change the "Label" and > the name of the file to match, and then change the "ProgramArguments" > to the other program's path? > > On May 27, 9:39 am, Sesquipedalian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I accomplish this by using a launch agent to start QS instead of a > > login item. The one I use also automatically restarts QS if it ever > > crashes. > > > To use this method, first remove QS from your login items (you can do > > this by unchecking "Start at login" in QS's preferences). Then save > > the following text into a plain text file called > > com.jonstovell.QuicksilverKeepAlive.plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. > > > Next time you log in, QS should start much sooner in the login > > process. Note that this assumes that Quicksilver is installed in your > > Applications folder. If you have it somewhere else, modify the path > > near the bottom of the plist to point to the proper location of > > Quicksilver.app (but leave the stuff from "Contents" onward alone). > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" > > "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";> > > <plist version="1.0"> > > <dict> > > <key>Disabled</key> > > <false/> > > <key>KeepAlive</key> > > <dict> > > <key>SuccessfulExit</key> > > <false/> > > </dict> > > <key>Label</key> > > <string>com.jonstovell.QuicksilverKeepAlive</string> > > <key>ProgramArguments</key> > > <array> > > > > <string>/Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/MacOS/Quicksilver</ > > string> > > </array> > > </dict> > > </plist> > > > On May 26, 7:59 am, Sciamachy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I now use QS as the main method for launching my apps, so it would > > > make sense for it to load first of all the toolbar apps that load up > > > on login (I have a bunch of them so, given that QS loads next to last > > > at the moment, I have quite a wait till I can use it). Any ideas?
