Why don't you just skip the middle man here (shortmarks.com) and use the Web Search Plugin?
Then, you can just (for instance) type "g" [tab] "what you want to search in google", instead of "shortmarks" [tab] "g bla". This has the added advantage of not depending on a web service. On Sep 23, 1:46 am, petonic <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/>
