I really can't follow what you're trying. Could you please describe
what version of QS and OSX you're using, what specific triggers you're
trying to create and what happens?
Quicksilver stores all defined triggers in ~/Library/Application
Support/Quicksilver/Triggers.plist
It creates this file when first run, if it's not there it probably a
permissions problems that it can create the folder. See the FAQ under
QS won't install any plugins for details.
http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/web/faq
There have been some reports of this file being corrupted on Leopard.
If this file doesn't exist or is corrupt, QS's trigger preferences
panel hangs and doesn't come up. Deleting it and restarting QS solves
that but loses any previously defined triggers.
Triggers for dynamic actions (like Get New Mail or menu items using
Show Menu Items....) can be created but will not exist when QS is
restart. It's a current limitation and there's no workaround. This is
why I ask what specific trigger you're trying to create.
Howard
On Aug 30, 2008, at 2:18 PM, john l wrote:
New update:
A previously set up trigger for invoking Safari is still working.
Ahhhhhh!!!!!!
It isn't the lack of triggers that's bothering me. It's that I can't
create new ones.
On Aug 30, 1:59 pm, john l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I still can't find the show button.
Everything is there but the triggers. Wheel just keeps turning.
I uninstalled and re installed. Same problem.
On Aug 30, 1:05 pm, "St.John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry, it's "show"
in the catalogue if you click the info panel, then theres a show
button in the top right hand corner of the panel
On Aug 30, 11:00 am, john l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
where is this "reveal" button
Now catalog isn't openning. same spinning wheel as triggers
On Aug 9, 11:35 am, "St.John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
sorry to whoever is moderating the comments
all of a sudden when i tried to add the app support folder for
quicksilver to the catalog, i saw the reveal button, and figured
id
try
and it worked
and now all my app support folders are back
i guess you can delete my last few posts
On Aug 9, 1:39 am, "St.John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm having the Exact same problem
although id never risk uninstalling quicksilver :P
On Aug 8, 5:56 pm, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am having a problem with triggers that is even more
fundamental than
described.
When I invoke the trigger option, I am not able to enter the
trigger
set up and just get a spinning wheel (not the beachball).
I also do not have a Quicksilver folder in my application
support
folder and so no triggers.lst. I have tried creating this
folder, but
still get the hanging issue.
I have tried uninstaling and reinstalling QS several times
with no
luck.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
On Aug 8, 10:25 am, LazloHollyfeld
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi Howard,
Thank you for the clarification. QS is such a great program
and tool
for workflow, but I wish we could save triggers for menu
items. I
mean, if we save a trigger and give it a scope to a particular
application, I don't see why QS wouldn't be able to save that
information.
On the PC end of things, I am using a small applications called
StrokeIt! Which allows me to use gesturing to invoke menu
commands
and keyboard strokes. I tried out xGestures for OSX, but
that doesn't
seem to work for the CS3 suite (except for Photoshop). QS +
Abracadabra seemed like a perfect solution becuase of proxy
objects,
but now the triggers will not save.
I suppose I'll have to wait for a few development cycles for
OSX to
have a robust gesturing system in place. . .
Thanks again for your time and help!
Best,
Laz
On Aug 8, 7:07 am, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Aug 8, 2008, at 1:52 AM, LazloHollyfeld wrote:
I am having the same problems as others with the
Triggers.plist file.
I create a trigger for an action, and then when I close and
relaunch
QS, the trigger is missing. I read on this board that I
should quit
QS, delete the Triggers.plist file from the Application
Support
directory, and did that. Then I relaunched QS, it created a
new .plist file but QS still will not save the triggers. I
use the
Command+i to get the info on the Triggers.plist file, and
sure enough
at the bottom it says I can read and write to the file. I
checked the
folders that contain the Triggers.plist file and those, too
I have
permission to read and write from. Is there anything else
I should
try so that my triggers are saved?
Also, I am basically making triggers for proxies. For
example, I want
to invoke the "Group" command from Adobe Illustrator's
menu. Will
that save?
No it won't. Actions from application menus are known as
dynamic
actions because QS doesn't know them ahead of time and has
to scan the
application (Illustrator in this case) dynamically to find
all the
commands to make actions from them. Unfortunately these
can't be saved.
You should be able to save a trigger for Illustrator (Show
Menu Items)
and after running it typing Group would bring up the command
(though
I'm having problems using Show Menu Items now).
Howard
