No, just "bidule" won't work. "*bidule", where * is one or more characters from the first part of the filename (before the extension) will work. For example, if I type "pages" I get Pages.app, but if I type "mpages" I get all my .pages documents that have the character "m" in their filename.
If your objective is simply to find and collect all your .bidule documents into a group, Spotlight's Smart Folders are probably better suited to this task. Quicksilver's purpose is to find quickly your most commonly used items and quickly do actions with them. Spotlight's purpose is to be an all-powerful search engine. Quicksilver doesn't search as deeply as Spotlight, so Spotlight is better for pure search. On the other hand, Spotlight is ONLY capable of searching, so if you want to do anything interesting with items once they are found, Quicksilver is better for that. Now, having said that, if you create a Smart Folder that searches for "kind:bidule" you can then select them all, invoke QS, and press ⌘G to bring them all into the first pane. On Aug 3, 8:56 am, tsachs <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried typing bidule and the only thing that comes up is top level > folders but not whats in them. So folders named bidule, audio units > components named bidule but nothing with the extensions .bidule. > The .bidule files are located 2nd level down in my applications > folder. So my next question is - How do I have QS index my entire > computer. ? > > Also, I type the name of the file into QS and the desired file was not > in the list at all. Is there some setting I've possible touched that > isn't allowing QS to search properly or was QS not designed for > something as basic as finding a file. Thanks > > On Aug 2, 12:32 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the file is in a folder that QS indexes, you can just start typing > > its name to find it. to include the name extension in the text that is > > searched for, just skip the period and type that too. So to find > > name.bidule, type namebidule into the first pane. > > > There was never a time when QS automatically selected the text entered > > into Spotlight. They function independently. However, if you use ⌘Esc > > to invoke QS, it will open and put the current selection into the > > first pane in one action. Perhaps that is what you are thinking of? > > > On Aug 2, 9:03 am, tsachs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a file on my computer. It's type is " .bidule ". If I want > > > Quicksilver to locate name.bidule, how do I do that ? Should I just > > > use Spotlight ? > > > > Also, at one point, in some version of QS, anything I typed into > > > Spotlight would show up in QS if I activated QS, this was useful as I > > > could use both search engines. How do I reactivate it? > > > > Thanks all.
