Open AppleScript Editor, paste in the following code, and save it as
~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions/Paste Directly.scpt. Then
relaunch QS. Now you can use that action to paste using a simulated ⌘V. If
you don't feel the need to restore the previous value to the clipboard, you
can remove the two lines that contain the variable named "OldClipboard".
*using terms from* *application* "Quicksilver"
*on* *process text* theText
*set* OldClipboard *to* *the clipboard*
*set the clipboard to* {*text*:(theText *as* *string*), *Unicode text*:
theText}
*tell* *application* "System Events" *to* *keystroke* "v" using {*command
down*}
*set the clipboard to* OldClipboard
*end* *process text*
*end* *using terms from*
On Thursday, January 9, 2014 7:26:16 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Boundless gratitude on behalf of the mac community to the QS developers
> for making this helpful app available to us.
>
>
> SUMMARY
>
> When pasting from the QS clipboard history into an app indirectly via a
> TextExpander form fill-in, QS ignores the fill-in and pastes directly to
> the app.
>
>
> MATERIALS USED:
>
> MacBook Pro 17", early 2008
> 6 GB RAM
> Mac OS 10.9.1
> Quicksilver 1.1.3
> TextExpander 4.1.1
>
>
> THE PROBLEM
>
> I have TextExpander snippets that use single-line field fill-ins. I use
> them to create boiler-text with optional fill-ins. When I click "OK" in one
> of these snippets, TextExpander dumps the full text of it into the
> foreground app.
>
> When I paste into one of these snippets from the QS clipboard, the paste
> should appear in the snippet and stay there until I finish the snippet and
> click "OK". Sometimes it works correctly but often the paste falls through
> the field directly into the app behind it, even though I have not clicked
> away from the TE snippet window. This never happens if I paste without
> using QS' clipboard history.
>
>
> THE USUAL SUSPECT
>
> According to Brian at TextExpander <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> (who uses QS too, himself):
>
> "I can affirm that the problem is actually Quicksilver.
>
> "What is happening is that Quicksilver is setting the pasteboard to the
> desired contents from the history, then posting a Command-V event. This is
> very similar to what TextExpander does when it expands a snippet. The key
> point is that Mac applications have two choices when posting "virtually
> typed" keyboard events:
>
> A - post the event to a specific process
> (application), or
>
> B - post a generic "un-targeted" event.
>
> "Quicksilver is posting the event using option A, and they are targeting
> the application which owns the menu bar. In most cases this is a sensible
> thing to do, but as you may have noticed, the fill-in window does _not_
> switch the menu bar to 'TextExpander Helper' -- it remains as 'Firefox' or
> 'TextEdit' or whatever.
>
> "I don't know if this is the kind of bug that the Quicksilver folks would
> want to invest time in fixing, or not, because it is subtle, and they may
> have some timing issues. That is, the Quicksilver application may be the
> text focus app at the time the Command-V event gets posted, but of course
> you don't want the Command-V to be directed to Quicksilver, you want it to
> go to the app behind. This is, of course, one of the main reasons they are
> 'targeting' the event as they do.
>
> "A lot of work has been invested in TextExpander around similar issues.
> That is, I've spent long days chasing down similarly subtle issues, and
> they are not fun. Quicksilver is developed/maintained by volunteers, so…
>
> "In the meantime, I would work around it by:
>
> - just using "plain old" Command-V if the desired text is already on the
> clipboard
>
> - using Command-Option-V in the Save window's field FIRST to get the
> desired clipboard history item "moved to the front", then Command-A to
> Select All, then "ts\", then Command-V to get the desired effect (ie.
> replacing all the file name text with your snippet -- hope that make
> sense!)"
>
>
> I use the QS all the time. It is one of the essential things in my
> software.
>
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