P.S.: The reason your other script failed is because it created a loop by having Quicksilver run the qs command line tool. The shell script never exits because qs is waiting for a response from Quicksilver, and Quicksilver never responds because it is busy waiting for the shell script to complete.
On Sep 17, 5:29 am, Chris Cairns <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
