Hi Howard, Thanks a lot! I've actually been using that manual as a guide, it's where I learned that you can assign triggers to processes like this in the first place! There's one thing that doesn't match 100% with what I'm doing and what appears in the manual, but I'm not sure how to change it. In the Manual, beneath the Wikipedia Search icon there's a short url that starts http://etc.etc. When I enter the Wikipedia search on my computer, though, the url begins qss-http://etc.etc. I believe this comes from the Web Searches plug-in, which I have installed, and is one of the 600+ searches that is scanned by the Web Searches module in the catalog.
Is there a difference between the two? And, if so, how to I get Quicksilver to point to the correct ones? Thanks again for all the help On Aug 24, 8:43 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following is from page 41 of the manual which includes a > screenshot of what the trigger definition should look like (the > example uses a Wikipedia search but it works for a google search > too).http://mysite.verizon.net/hmelman/Quicksilver.pdf > > Some actions take an argument in the third pane and triggers can use > these too. The Search For… action will search some web site for the > text entered as an argument. See the Web Searches section for the > details of using this action. A trigger for a commonly used web > search, such as Wikipedia, is very useful. If you specified the > argument in the trigger it would search for the same text each time > it’s run. However, if you leave the third pane blank, then when the > trigger is run, Quicksilver will open a command window with the first > two panes filled in (in this case with Wikipedia Quicksearch and > Search For…), and the third pane selected, ready for you to type the > query. Quicksilver is also smart enough to realize that the Search > For... action wants a text argument and puts the third pane in text > mode for you. It even fills in the default text from the OSX Shared > Find Clipboard (which you can set in many Cocoa applications with > ⇧⌘E). Note, if the third pane isn’t empty when you create the > trigger and you want it to be, you can type ⌘X to cut out whatever is > there. > > It goes on to describe using proxy objects to allow you to do a search > on highlighted text in any app. > > Howard > > On Aug 24, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Ian wrote: > > > > > I use Quicksilver to search the web a lot, and I'm trying to skip a > > few steps. I understood that you can assign a hotkey that will do the > > first two steps in an argument so that you just have to do the final > > one. > > For e.g.: I'd like Command-Shift-G to bring up Quicksilver with the > > final step of a "Google Search" + "Search For" (Text) argument so that > > all I have to do is type Cmd-Shift-G and the Quicksilver text box pops > > up and I can type my search and be whisked away to google. > > When I go to assign the custom trigger in the preferences, though, > > what happens when I press the hotkeys is it launches safari and gives > > me to the google homepage. While this is kind of convenient, it's not > > really what I have in mind. > > > Any solutions? I'm running B54 on the most current version of > > Leopard. > > > (PS. Another related annoying problem. When I go to program hotkeys > > Quicksilver never actually shows me what the hotkey combo is in the > > Edit pane. For example, if I want the hotkey to be Cmd-Shift-G the > > only thing I see is Cmd-Shift . . . no G. Not a huge deal, but as I > > add more hotkeys it'd be nice to have them visible so I can remember > > what's assigned to what . . . )
