Mostly I'd be interested in working with ones taken from the Address Book. Now that you mention it, it would also be useful to be able to select a contact in pane 1 and have the script receive that and pull a phone number from it. As for ones entered as text, ideally one would be able to just enter them as normal (like (555) 555-2780 or 555-555-2780, etc.), but I can see how that would be difficult, unless there's a way to use OS X's data detectors. Using the tel: prefix seems like a reasonable compromise.
Thanks again! I'm pretty new to AppleScripting, so some of this stuff might be easier than I'm making it seem? On May 14, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Patrick Robertson wrote: > Quicksilver has its own internal 'type' for phone numbers for data taken from > the Address Book, but currently has no way of detecting phone numbers that > are inputted as text. If you let me know the format of phone numbers (is it > tel:123456)? then we can implement this in the Address Book plugin, which > might work. > > With some changes we are discussing to allow plugins to add additional data > detectors to Quicksilver, this would be possible. > > On 14 May 2012 18:22, Devin Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > In Automator, the service advertises itself as being able to accept phone > numbers specifically. I could write it to accept all text and then extract > phone numbers from that, but I was hoping not to, because then the service > would appear for any text, not just phone numbers. Does QS work with data > detectors to be able to tell specifically when a phone number is present? > > It doesn't appear in the text actions list. It is stored in > ~/Library/Services. > > Thanks! > > > > On May 14, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Patrick Robertson wrote: > >> First of all, I'd check to make sure the service itself is advertising >> itself as being able to accept text. >> If you go into the Quicksilver preferences, click on the 'actions' side tab >> then select the 'text' type, does the service show up there? And of course, >> is it enabled?! >> >> Do you know where your service is stored? It will most likely be in >> ~/Library/Services (to open thos folder, open Finder, press ⌘⇧G and type >> that) >> Quicksilver looks in that folder, /Library/Services and all applications for >> a list of services, so it's possible Quicksilver isn't picking up the service >> >> >> On 14 May 2012 17:09, Devin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I've got a service that works with VoiceMac to call or SMS when a >> phone number is detected, and it works. I have the services module >> installed for Quicksilver, and I'd like to be able to select a phone >> number in the first pane, and then use that service in the second >> pane, but it's never presented as an option in the second pane. Can >> anyone offer me any insight as to how to get this working? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send >> email to [email protected]. For more >> options, visit this group at >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send >> email to [email protected]. For more >> options, visit this group at >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to [email protected]. For more > options, visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to [email protected]. For more > options, visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en
