On 11 Aug 2016, at 19:31, Mike Petonic wrote:
On further thought, I dont't think that it's possible to modify
Freeplane
directly, since it's a Java program and not a Cocoa progam.
Oh, yikes. That makes a big difference. You can’t generally modify
Cocoa apps either, but you can at least ask them for information.
Could I write a separate stand-along program (invoked when Freeplane
fires
up) to register as the provider class for the Freeplane program to
catch
the ```[provider resolveProxyObject:nil]``` call?
No, that message would only ever be sent to a Quicksilver plug-in.
What you *could* do is have Freeplane post a [notification][nsn] system
wide when it starts, or when the “selection” changes, or whatever
you’re looking for. I doubt you can send such a Notification from
Java, but if you can get it to call an external command, you could write
a simple command line utility in Swift that posts the notification.
Then, in Quicksilver, you’d have a plug-in that watches for that
notification and uses the information in it when “resolving” one or
more proxy objects.
Any pointers? If I can't do it in Applescript, then I'll probably try
Swift.
As I said, you could write a command line tool in Swift. I don’t think
there’s any reason why you couldn’t write a QS plug-in entirely in
Swift too, but I couldn’t tell you what’s involved there. This might
be easier with the upcoming release, since I think you can [just use
protocols][qsp], which is the more “Swiftish” way to do things.
[nsn]: https://developer.apple.com/reference/foundation/nsnotification
[qsp]: https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/pull/2250
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