Explicitly cut anything out of the 3rd pane with cmd-x. Sometimes
there's stuff there even when it doesn't look like it.
Howard
On Aug 25, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Ian wrote:
Ok thanks, that's good to know!
Since the url isn't the problem, then, do you have any idea why it's
not working properly? From the section of the manual that you quoted
above, here is what isn't working for me:
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.
Even though I am leaving the third pane blank, when I run the trigger
I get a browser-launch instead of a third pane ready for me to type
the query. My trigger definition is nearly identical to the one shown
on page 41 of the manual, except the different url...
On Aug 24, 9:43 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As long as there is a *** or %s in the url, QS should recognize it as
a web search url. I've used both http and qss-http urls. The web
search URLs in the catalog source should be fine. If you define your
own custom web search urls, If one doesn't work, try the other.
http is the network protocol of the web. URLs that begin with http
tell the browser to use the http protocol to send a GET request. Some
web forms you fill out use a POST instead of a GET request and
there's
no way to specify that in the URL (you specify that in the html of
the
web page). To enable web searches in quicksilver to use POST requests
for those sites that require it, it recognizes qssp-http: URLs
(notice
the p before the -) which tells QS to use a POST. I think the qss-
http
(without the p) was just created to be similar to the other one. I
otherwise haven't found a real difference between it and http:.
Since I do use a custom web search catalog entry with just the 30 or
so searches I use, I have changed them to use qss-http so that when I
try to select them in the QS command window I know I'm getting one of
my QS web search urls instead of a bookmark from safari or some other
place (which would all just be http: urls).
Howard
On Aug 24, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Ian wrote:
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 startshttp://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 . . . )
