this script works:
try
tell me to activate
set thequery to display dialog "Enter the search query:" default
answer "" with title "Spotlight Search"
set thequery to quoted form of text returned of thequery
-------------------------------------------------------------------
--display dialog thequery
set ifolder to (path to documents folder from user domain)
set ifolder to ifolder & "QSspotlight.txt" as text
set qifolder to quoted form of (POSIX path of ifolder)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
set thecmd to do shell script "mdfind " & thequery
set thecmd to quoted form of thecmd
do shell script "echo " & thecmd & " > " & qifolder
do shell script "qs " & qifolder
on error e
tell me to activate
display dialog e
end try
but this script fails:
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text thequery
try
set thequery to quoted form of thequery
-------------------------------------------------------------------
--display dialog thequery
set ifolder to (path to documents folder from user
domain)
set ifolder to ifolder & "QSspotlight.txt" as text
set qifolder to quoted form of (POSIX path of ifolder)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
set thecmd to do shell script "mdfind " & thequery
set thecmd to quoted form of thecmd
say 1
do shell script "echo " & thecmd & " > " & qifolder
say 2
do shell script "qs " & qifolder
say 3
on error e
tell me to activate
display dialog e
end try
end process text
end using terms from
this part fails: do shell script "qs " & qifolder
process "qs" in Activity monitor has to be quit to exit out of the
script when it fails.
