Tip of the day, maybe even the month! - thanks CakeFace and Patrick! On 12 Mar 2012, at 09:24, Patrick wrote:
> I've just set up the service, with the shortcut being ⌘␣ (Command > Space). Now, I never even have to think "Is Quicksilver running?" I > just type my normal Quicksilver shortcut (⌘␣ of course) and > Quicksilver will open if it's running or not. > > Thanks > > On Mar 12, 8:34 am, Lucas Garron <[email protected]> wrote: >> There are times when Quicksilver is hangs on me... and I can't kil; the >> process it using itself. So I actually have an Automater application that >> just does "Run Shell Script" with these two lines: >> >> killall Quicksilver >> open /Applications/Quicksilver.app >> >> Once the workflow is saved as a .app, it can be placed in the Dock or >> launched with Spotlight (which is usually quick enough for me). I've called >> mine "Relaunch QS.app" so that Spotlight will return it for "QS" (it seems >> to be pretty stubborn about learning what "quick" means). >> >> »Lucas Garron >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 01:29, Patrick Robertson < >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> Great tip! >>> I have tweeted this tip, so as to share it with as many users as we can. >> >>> Typically, if Quicksilver isn't running I use spotlight to launch it. But >>> that is still quite slow and I often launch QUICKtime instead by accident. >> >>> On 12 March 2012 03:40, CakeFace <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Sometimes, for one reason or another, QS isn't running. I feel a deep >>>> sense of loss when I try to activate it and nothing happens. The main >>>> problem is that I want to use QS to *launch *QS. Navigating the >>>> applications folder seems creaky and lame, and QS has made me a shortcut >>>> man. Frustrated, I came up with a simple solution to allow me to start QS >>>> with a keyboard shortcut. I'm fairly sure that this has been covered >>>> before, but on the off chance that it hasn't, here's my solution: >> >>>> 1. Open Automator, and select 'Service' when it asks you what kind of >>>> workflow you'd like to create. >>>> 2. Change the 'Service receives selected' menu to 'No input'. >>>> 3. Drag the 'Launch Application' action onto the workflow. >>>> 4. Under the drop-down menu, choose 'Quicksilver' >>>> 5. Save your workflow with a name like 'LaunchQuicksilver' >>>> 6. Close Automator, and open up the 'Keyboard' preference pane in System >>>> Preferences. >>>> 7. Click the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' tab, and select 'Services' from the >>>> sidebar. >>>> 8. Scroll down until you see the 'LaunchQuicksilver' service that you >>>> created. >>>> 9. Make sure that it's checked, and then double-click on the empty space >>>> to the right of it, and you'll be able to choose a shortcut. >>>> 10. Voila! A makeshift trigger that allows you to open QS. >> >>>> I used command-control-q, because the command-control key combo is what i >>>> use to open all my programs, so it feels natural. Quicksilver will >>>> supercede any keyboard shortcuts that you've made in the preference pane, >>>> so don't worry that it'll interfere with another QS trigger that you've got >>>> set up. Cheers!
