The tilde ~ is the same as your house folder, eg: /Users/Josso/ = ~ So ~/Documents/ is the same as /Users/Josso/Documents/
On a Danish keyboard the combination for the tilde is Alt-Shift-^ I think it's Alt + n on an American keyboard. On Dec 24, 4:07 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Herman. I'm running OSX 10.4.11 on a PowerBook G4. I tried the > things you mentioned: no change. I've obviously also tried rescanning > and restarting. Could it be connected to the fact most file paths > show up in when I invoke them in QS with a 'tilde' at far left (I > can't find it to type it). For example: tilde/Documents/DOCUMENTS > CURRENT/Jake. Is that normal? I've suddenly remembered something. A > couple of weeks ago, I discovered that 'Documents Current' (my main > folder for docs) was in the trash. So I moved it back to where I > thought it wabefores, ie in: Users/my name [in the house symbol]. > Could this be the problem - even though I've rescanned QS since > then... NB I can still access my file, I just have to go to Finder > first, then search within Finder. > > On Dec 23, 4:45 pm, Howard Melman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2008, at 10:25 AM, Robin Woodhouse wrote: > > > > Please can someone explain why recently this started happening - > > > mostly for individual files and folders, but there is no problem > > > from Applications ie "Firefox" works fine. For example invoking QS > > > and typing "Fax Folder" gives me the questionmark, then to the > > > right: "Always Open Type With..." then to right again: "Type to > > > search", which gives me.... the questionmark again... > > > Please can someone help me fix this!! > > > Its very difficult to understand what you are describing. And it's > > always good to report the version numbers of programs and operating > > systems you're using, when you report any problem. > > > Maybe the action Always Open Type With... is ranked higher than Open > > so that's why it's showing up? Change that in the action preferences. > > > Sometimes URLs and folders get confused and unchecking Recent Items in > > the User section of the Catalog has helped. (Also Recent Objects in > > the Quicksilver section). > > > If it's something else, please describe it more clearly. > > > Howard
