For the second problem, either install the Services menu plugin so
that you can use the Look Up in Dictionary service as an action in QS,
or save the following as an Applescript in ~/Library/Application
Support/Quicksilver/Actions (~ is the standard shorthand for your home
folder):
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text inputText
tell application "Finder" to ¬
open location "dict:///" & inputText
end process text
end using terms from
On Jul 29, 7:48 am, higgalls <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I was going through a couple of brief walkthroughs for Quicksilver,
> and it is working great, except for 2 problems:
>
> Firstly, some plugins seem to stall whilst installing. I have changed
> the permissions on the ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver
> folder so that everyone has full read/write permissions (couldn't see
> how to change ownership - it appears to be my username anyway) and it
> still isn't working - it was with installing the Firefox one, as well
> as a template one.
>
> Secondly, one walkthrough talks about using Quicksilver to look up
> definitions or to do calculations. However, I cannot see those plugins
> and therefore cannot get them to work (so I press the full-stop
> button, then type a word, press tab, start to type DEFINE but it gives
> me a beep straight away, and I cannot find an action to do a
> definition). A
