On Apr 13, 2011, at 7:03 PM, drew lipiecki wrote:

> I'm new to OSX and Objective C development.  I started using
> Quicksilver based on a few Lifehacker posts i read and so far I like
> it a lot.  I saw it was an open source product and thought that
> investigating some of the issues would be a good way to learn the
> language.

Way to start in the deep end. :)

> I started tracing through the code but when i tried to add some
> breakpoints and run the code in the debugger i ran into a problem.  I
> get the QS program to run, it shows up in my dock, but i the
> activation key [control+space] doesn't bring up the quicksilver
> window.

With the default setup (which you should have since you’ve wiped everything 
out), clicking the Dock icon should bring the interface up the same as if you 
had hit the hotkey. If that doesn’t work, maybe the Application is hung. When 
you Build and Run or Build and Debug, the stop sign should be lit up. Like it 
says in the wiki, this should only be a problem if you hide the Dock icon (not 
default) and only on the first build.

If clicking the Dock icon works, maybe something else on your system is using 
that shortcut?

> I'm convinced i'm doing some stupid.

Welcome to the club. I feel like a monkey flying the space shuttle with my 
teeth when I use the debugger, but even I have managed to accomplish a lot with 
it. It’s a great tool.

Also, there’s a dev list you might want to join.

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-- 
Rob McBroom
<http://www.skurfer.com/>

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