Beeautiful! That did it! Thank you so much. ... Not to overtax you, but any idea why my hotkey combinations aren't appearing in the Edit tab in Quicksilver? I can get it to display the symbols for Cmd / Option / Ctrl, but it never shows the letter I've assigned ...
Either way, thanks again. That was driving me crazy. On Aug 25, 8:29 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 . . . )
