Is there supposed to be something between steps 5 and 6? Also, it appears that step 5 does nothing at all. I've tried all combinations of [modifer]-(return|enter) and nothing ever happens except that some run the command, otherwise, nothing. Thanks
On Sep 2, 8:26 am, Jay Levitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 1, 9:21 am, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You might make use of the Save Command to File action. See the > > "Command Objects and Droplets" section of the manual for creating a > > command object.http://mysite.verizon.net/hmelman/Quicksilver.pdf > > Yes, that seems to work, though I'm not sure I'm doing it right; I > can't figure out how to specify a filename within QuickSilver. (Of > course, it's easy enough to rename in Finder/Terminal.) I'm doing > this: > > 1. Control-Space to launch QuickSilver > 2. Press "period" to switch to text mode > 3. Type "Go stretch!" as the subject > 4. TAB to the Action field, and type "LA" for Large Type > 5. Press Control-ENTER to turn that into a command > 6. Type "SA" to Save Command to File > 7. Press TAB to reveal the Oobject field > 8. ?? I can give it a directory name (i.e., "~" for my home > directory), but if I try to give it an actual filename, it starts > completing with existing filenames, which is exactly what I don't > want. I think it also puts it in the directory of whichever file got > displayed... > > Can you clarify #8 a bit? The manual didn't go into details on usage. > > > > > The Save Command to File… action takes a command object and saves it > > in a file. You enter the file name as the argument and Quicksilver > > saves it with the extension .qscommand. If you open the resulting file > > (e.g., by double-clicking it), it will run the command. Quicksilver > > makes running commands simple and triggers make running command even > > easier. But for commands that you might run a few times but not enough > > to bother creating a trigger for, the Save Command to File… action can > > be useful. E.g., if your working on creating a document and you want > > to send several drafts to a group of people (using the comma trick) > > it’s easy to save this (complicated) command in a file to rerun. > > > Howard > > > On Sep 1, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Jay Levitt wrote: > > > > I want to set up a crontab entry that uses QuickSilver to display an > > > hourly alert, and I can't figure out how to do that. > > > > I'm sure I could set up a custom QuickSilver trigger, but that seems > > > brittle. Is it possible to use the "qs" command-line plugin to send > > > data to more than just the subject pane, and to use text mode? I've > > > tried things like > > > > qs ".Go Stretch!" "Large text" > > > > but no dice. > > > > Jay
