I wouldn't give up so quickly, at least not if you're not using QuicKeys for anything else. AppleScript's file handling is really messy—there are NeXTStep paths (Macintosh HD:some:folder:), UNIX paths (/some/folder), "files" created by `file "Macintosh HD:some:NeXT:path:"` (these sometimes appear automatically from NeXT path strings, maybe always), "POSIX files" created by `POSIX file "/some/unix/path"`, and aliases created from either type of "file", except when they can't be (i.e. AppleScript throws weird errors and won't convert, at least not directly).
I would try, among a number of things, trying to convert between these formats with bastardized lines like set end of all_paths to (file (path to this_path as text) as alias) or several variants thereof. I *think* you want to be passing QS "aliases", indeed in general you want aliases AFAICT. Incidentally to turn an alias into text, you can't say "path to", you just say `set aliasPath to (alias as text)`, or `(POSIX path of file (alias as text))` if you want the POSIX path. On the other hand "file"s *can't* be converted to text, you get an error if you try—you have to say "path to". Welcome to the WTF world of AppleScript. On Monday, July 30, 2012 1:26:30 PM UTC-4, Christopher Harwood wrote: > > AppleScript cannot find files inside the DT database when their paths are > changed to aliases. So, no luck there. > > QuickKeys is happy to run the script with the errors remaining, so I've > emulated the behavior of QS by blacklisting DEVONthink from the QS trigger > and whitelisting DEVONthink on an identical QK trigger. All's well. It > would be nice to find a Quicksilver-only solution, but I have not had any > luck getting working aliases anywhere within the script (or a few variants). > > On Saturday, June 16, 2012 1:43:22 PM UTC-5, Jon Stovell wrote: >> >> Right now your script tells QS to open paths (i.e. strings of text) >> rather than files or aliases. AppleScript Editor is being a bit forgiving >> of your error, whereas QS is more strict when it runs a script. Change your >> script so that all_paths gets populated with aliases instead of paths, and >> it should work. >> > -- 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
