P.S.: For that geeky method, see http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/msg/54a863468874f364
On Mar 26, 5:29 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" <jonstov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you open Services Preferences (you can get to this easily from the > Services menu) and use that to configure the Send to Quicksilver > service? The option in QS's own preferences to set an alternate > Services Menu keyboard shortcut doesn't work on 10.6 (at least, not > for me); you have to use System Preferences to configure QS's > services. In there, under the Pictures section of your Services > preferences (why they are there I have no idea) you will find two > services provided by QS: Get Current Selection (Internal) and Send to > Quicksilver. By default, the first will be activated and have the > shortcut Cmd-Esc assigned to it (using the three letters "Esc" instead > of the normal circle-with-an-arrow-breaking-out-of-it symbol to > represent the Escape key). You can use either of these services (they > do exactly the same thing), but you'll need to add a new keyboard > shortcut to whichever one you choose. The System Preferences GUI won't > allow you to use the Escape key here for some reason, so you'll have > to use another combination unless you want to use a more geeky method > of editing this value. > > Doing this is how I got the service working on both of my 10.6 > machines after discovering that the Current Selection proxy, etc., no > longer worked. Plus, it has the added benefit that it will launch QS > if it is not already running, which is quite helpful if QS ever > happens to crash. > > On Mar 24, 11:08 pm, Spike <fsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I'm on SL 10.6.2 > > > I'm aware of the problems with SL and I've tried everything I could > > find, including installing b57, changing the prefs, and then > > reinstalling b54 which most people seem to be sticking with. I've also > > tried b58. I've tried the "Use front application rather than finder" > > solution, I've cleaned my prefs and cache. I've read about people > > having problems with Cmd-Esc and tried a different hotkey. I have > > proxy objects Enabled. > > > In none of the combinations I've tried I've ever got a "send to > > quicksilver" in the services menu, and yes I've read about the > > problems on the github page about qs not registering and made sure I > > had no other quicksilver around and emptied my trash. No Joy. > > > With the current setup I have, b54 with pref edited previously with > > b57 I've managed to get the "command window in text mode" to work, > > which at least allows me to create notes. This won't work on b57 or > > b58. Current selection is completely broken, even if I type it rather > > than using the trigger I hear an error system sound. I see some errors > > in consoles, but nothing shows up when I press those keys, they seem > > to be related to other actions. > > > On b58 I cannot ever get the "command window in text mode" to work, > > but at some point I had current selection to work *with applications*. > > It never worked with selected text. > > > I'm more than happy to get my hands dirty and run things in a debugger > > with Xcode etc, but I'll need some directions because I've never done > > development under Mac. > > > thanks for QS, despite the problems it rocks. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to blacktree-quicksilver+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
