In the builds of QS that I've downloaded this year from the GoogleCode
project, I've been unable to get the Services Menu to ever function.
When I load that plugin, QS then crashes upon launch until I delete
all preferences and start again.
As a workaround, I've written a AppleScript plugin that does this same
behavior -- letting you type a number or select one from the address
book -- and then dials it in Skype. At the moment it has to prepend
my phone numbers with +1 (USA Country Code) since I don't have that
typed into my address book, but feel free to enhance it.
-Matthew
------------------------Dialer.scpt --------------------------------
-- Script that takes a phone number either typed or selected from the
Address Book
-- then clean it up
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text largetype
set rawPhoneNumber to largetype
tell application "Skype"
activate
set phoneNumberCleaningRegExp to "sed 's/[^0-9]//g'"
set phoneNumberCleaningShellCommand to "echo \"" &
rawPhoneNumber
& "\" | " & phoneNumberCleaningRegExp
set cleanedPhoneNumber to do shell script
phoneNumberCleaningShellCommand
set usaPhoneNumber to "CALL +1" & cleanedPhoneNumber
send command usaPhoneNumber script name "Quicksilver
Dialer"
end tell
end process text
end using terms from
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On Jul 27, 4:21 am, pendolino <[email protected]> wrote:
> I didn't see anyone bring up this Quicksilver tip in the forum and its
> quite useful so I thought it may be of use to others. If you use
> Skype, there are options on theservicesmenu that allow you to call
> or sms a selected number.
>
> Using this method coupled with theservicesmenu plugin for QS, one
> can bring up the contact card in QS and then arrow in to the right
> number then tab and select either skype call or skype sms.
>
> I've been finding this quite useful ever since i started using skype
> for almost all long distance calls.
>
> This also another thing I dont think I was able to replicate when
> trying to use Launchbar.
