Just an update, it works! But immediately after it works, the Qs shuts down unexpectedly
On Oct 26, 10:40 am, charx <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the tip. I just have one question, the actions is a plist > file while the download you give me is a script file. How do I > "install" it to the plist file? > Thanks > > On Oct 26, 2:22 am, elspub <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This is, believe or not, NOT quicksilver's bug. Not really. > > > Snow Leopard changed the nature of Services pretty seriously. The > > Service's plugin for Quicksilver was written for Tiger. It's not a > > bug, it's in need of at least a partial update. > > > However, I was going to take a look and see if Skype is > > applescriptable for you. And realized its very applescriptable, and > > wrote a Quicksilver action to send phone numbers to Skype to make a > > call. > > > You can download it here:http://tr.im/D4J6 > > > Install it to: ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions > > Then restart QS. > > > To use, grab a phone number from your address book (requires the > > address book plugin), or type in a phone number in QS text entry mode. > > Tab over and type till you see callSkype, hit enter. > > > This should work. I've got it set to first strip out parenthesis, > > dashes, and spaces from the number so you don't need to worry about > > that formatting. Then it checks if the first character of the phone > > number is a "+" (skype needs phone numbers to be in the format > > "+CCC1234567890", where CCC is the country code. If you want to call > > outside the US you'll need to make sure you numbers are in that > > format. Inside the US they can be formatted for skype, but if they're > > not (if there's no "+" at the beginning) the script tacks on a "+1" > > for you. If you store your numbers as "1(222)333-4444", that's ok > > too. In the case of numbers not starting with "+", the script takes > > the last 10 digits of whatever you send it and adds the "+1". > > > I'll post this in the main board as an action as well. But you can > > download it at the link above.
