On Jan 18, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Jon Stovell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Um, so what? If I assign an abbreviation to an Artist, clear the first pane, > and then try to use that abbreviation to bring up the Artist again, it > doesn't work. Why would it be important to make sure that some > non-funcationality is not lost? It has value without a doubt. It would work if you were in the right context. For example, if you use the built-in Search Artists trigger and you’re tired of `sp` calling up Silversun Pickups instead of Smashing Pumpkins, you should be able to use the action to clarify your intent. (Even if you got there manually, and not via a trigger, you should have that option.) Another good example is recent documents. Xcode’s recent documents aren’t in my catalog, but when I right-arrow into it and hit `q`, it knows I want the Quicksilver project. (Since most of the other projects I work on are plug-ins, they all have “QS” in the name somewhere, so letting it know what I mean is nice.) And we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that Quicksilver is assigning abbreviations constantly in the background every time you “use” something, whether it’s in the catalog or not. This feature is making your life easier whether you realize it or not. In fact, the Xcode example above is a result of QS automatically learning what I use. I never assigned an abbreviation manually. The “Assign Abbreviation…” action is just a shortcut for the automatic process. There are 3000 results for `s` on my system. If I wanted that to call up Safari and I didn’t want to scroll through the entire list, I could be more specific like `saf`, find it, then assign the abbreviation `s` manually. FYI, I never did that either. If you use `xyz` enough times to find something, that thing will automatically appear higher in the results for `xy` and `x` too. :-) > As far as actually writing the code to add such a feature, you are, of > course, entirely right to encourage someone who cares and has the ability to > go ahead and do so. I'm simply discussing the logic such code would want to > follow. :) Yeah, it wasn’t directed at anyone in particular. :-) -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en.
