Hi Rob -- Many thanks. With your directions below, I got it to work. It's actually a nice improvement over my workflow. It was the *one* thing that a colleague could do with Alfred that I couldn't seem to get working with QS. Now, I can, and in a more flexible and configurable manner.
Thanks again, Rob! -Mike On Sep 21, 5:49 pm, Rob McBroom <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 21, 2011, at 1:58 PM, petonic wrote: > > > I wanted to try to set up a configuration of QS so that I could hit a > > trigger key, be placed at a QS pane that is in entry mode, type in > > arbitrary text (ex., "s foo") and then have QS launch the following > > URL in a new tab in Chrome: > > > http://shortmarks.com/s.php?h=QIshpWm&q=s+foo > > > The only thing variable is the "s+foo”. > > This should be possible with the Web Search [plug-in. Get the latest version > from qsapp.com (if you haven’t already), then in the Custom section of your > catalog, add a new “Web Search List” item using the + at the bottom of the > window. > > Give it a name like Shortmarks, and set the URL > tohttp://shortmarks.com/s.php?h=QIshpWm&q=*** > > Create a trigger with Shortmarks in the first pane, Search For… in the > second, and nothing in the third. Assign it a keystroke. > > -- > Rob McBroom > <http://www.skurfer.com/>
