The bug report is at https://github.com/quicksilver/Plugins/issues/49
Here is an AppleScript that can fill in until the plugin is fixed. Save it in ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions using a name that makes sense to you. using terms from application "Quicksilver" on process text t tell application "TextEdit" activate try if name of front document starts with "Untitled" and text of ¬ front document is "" then set d to front document else error end if on error set d to (make new document) end try set text of d to t end tell end process text end using terms from On Apr 29, 2:40 pm, Jon Stovell <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, I've filed a bug report on this. Hopefully a dev will be able to > fix it soon. In the meantime, I'll look into making an AppleScript > action to provide a workaround. > > On Apr 29, 8:46 am, Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 1) No 'New TextEdit Window Containing Selection action' appears > > > 2) Yes 'New TextEdit Window Containing Selection action' appears > > > On Apr 29, 1:10 pm, Jon Stovell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hm. I think I just discovered what is up... > > > > Please try the following two operations, and tell me the result of > > > each: > > > > 1) Put the first pane in text mode and enter some text, then try to > > > select the New TextEdit Window Containing Selection action in the > > > second pane > > > > 2) Select some text in a window or document, use the Quicksilver > > > service to send the text to the first pane, and then try to select the > > > action. > > > > On Apr 28, 3:14 pm, Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, New Textedit Window Containing Selection is present & activated. > > > > > The latest Services Module @ QSApp.com is dated 2006. Is there a more > > > > recent version? I tried downloading & installing the one 2006 version > > > > & relaunched a couple of times (after the first relaunch the action > > > > wasn't present) & it still doesn't appear. > > > > > On Apr 28, 8:01 pm, Jon Stovell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Does "New TextEdit Window Containing Selection" appear anywhere in the > > > > > actions list in QS's preferences for you? If so, is it activated (i.e. > > > > > is there a checkmark in the box beside it)? Do you have the latest > > > > > version of the Services menu plugin installed from qsapp.com? > > > > > > On Apr 28, 8:43 am, Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've also never had the TextEdit service appear in Quicksiler. I use > > > > > > Textwrangler so it's never been an issue for me really. I've also > > > > > > just > > > > > > got a new Mac & Quicksilver was the first thing I installed & > > > > > > configured (Obviously) & it has never appeared here or did it ever > > > > > > appear in my previous install despite it always being under Services > > > > > > in the contextual menu. > > > > > > > Not a very helpful reply I'm afraid but I just thought I'd let you > > > > > > know you're nit alone. > > > > > > > On Apr 28, 9:00 am, Citizento <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thank you for your answer Jon. I logged in and out from my Mac > > > > > > > multiple times these days, but nothing changed. I always get the > > > > > > > good > > > > > > > service from Bean but not from TextEdit. Maybe there's something > > > > > > > wrong > > > > > > > in the Services settings in my Mac. I already tried the preference > > > > > > > pane without luck. I heard somewhere that there is a .plist which > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > should edit to modify the system services, I will look for some > > > > > > > manuals/how-to for it. > > > > > > > Thank you very much again for your support. > > > > > > > > On 27 Apr, 19:30, Jon Stovell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > When was the last time you logged out and logged in? I once had > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > Services menu get messed up (which in turn affected QS's access > > > > > > > > to the > > > > > > > > Services), but the next time I logged in the operating system > > > > > > > > rebuilt > > > > > > > > the Services menu and everything worked fine after that. > > > > > > > > > On Apr 27, 5:14 am, Citizento <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, but it wasn't enough, I am still missing the service > > > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > > TextEdit. > > > > > > > > > > On 24 Apr, 20:16, Jon Stovell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Try restarting Quicksilver. > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 22, 6:44 am, Citizento <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Sirs, > > > > > > > > > > > I am new to Quicksilver but I read that when I type some > > > > > > > > > > > text in text > > > > > > > > > > > mode I should see from the possible actions from the > > > > > > > > > > > second tab all of > > > > > > > > > > > the compatible services in my Os. In fact I can process > > > > > > > > > > > said text with > > > > > > > > > > > services from Bean, LaTex, MacJournal, Dictionary... What > > > > > > > > > > > I can't > > > > > > > > > > > understand is why “New TextEdit window containing > > > > > > > > > > > selection” doesn't > > > > > > > > > > > show up. I can see it in the Services Menu and I can use > > > > > > > > > > > it from the > > > > > > > > > > > right-click menu, but Quicksilver doesn't see it. Do you > > > > > > > > > > > have any > > > > > > > > > > > ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your support. > > > > > > > > > > > Citizento
