Ask and ye shall receive!
Save this into ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions with
the name Search Quicksilver Catalog.scpt
You will need to install the Command Line Tool plugin in order to make
this work.
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text thetext
do shell script "echo | qs"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke thetext
end process text
end using terms from
On Sep 1, 9:43 am, Osbert Lancaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howard
>
> Thanks - nice to know it's not possible. I can stop trying to work it
> out!
>
> Agreed typing directly in QS might well be the way, but I when I'm
> using my gtd app I tend to be in mouse mode, rather than keyboard
> mode, so a double click to select a word and then a simple keyboard
> command would be cool.
>
> Ah well.
>
> On 1 Sep 2008, at 14:11, Howard Melman wrote:
>
>
>
> > I don't know of a way to do this. It sounds useful, though thinking
> > it through a little, for something short like "jim" I think I'd find
> > it easier to just type it into QS rather than selecting the text
> > (probably with a mouse). For something longer, perhaps the Spotlight
> > in Command action is what you're looking for. It needs the spotlight
> > plugin and searches file contents rather than using QS's index, but
> > the results show in QS.
>
> > Howard
>
> > On Sep 1, 2008, at 5:59 AM, trebso wrote:
>
> >> I can select text, and invoke QS, type Cmd-G, tab to next pane - and
> >> QS offers me a range of actions.
>
> >> But - it doesn't offer me the action I actually need!
>
> >> What I want is for QS to search for that selected text, in the same
> >> way is searches if I type.
>
> >> Specifically, what I want to do, is to select a name in one app, eg
> >> 'jim' and then run QS to find Jim in AddressBook. However, starting
> >> with selected text QS seems to just offer me actions like 'large
> >> text', 'show contents' etc.
>
> >> Am I missing a vital step?
