Same with my muscle memory. I don't know whether defeating that muscle memory enough times would teach Quicksilver to adjust the action rankings. But it worked for me to go into Preferences (General)> Actions> All Actions and drag Calculate below Open/Reveal.
Side note: Initially I thought that one of the "Run" actions must be what launched an app, but reading the descriptions revealed that was incorrect. On Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 10:28:43 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Thank you. This has been happening to me to. My muscle memory is faster > than my brain. > > So, the solution is to change the ranking on Calculator? > > On Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 9:58:24 PM UTC-4 James McLean wrote: > >> Thanks for the link to issue 2960. Following up on that revealed that >> the behavior I observed was a case of unintended consequences, rather than >> a real error. Now that applications are valid targets for text actions, >> and since Calculate is a text action, this was the natural outcome. >> Calculate was ranked pretty high for me (I use it all the time), above the >> Open/Reveal action, hence the change in my experience. I believe that >> adjusting the action rankings is the proper way to deal with this. >> >> I consider it a bit awkward that Calculate is a text action; too many >> text strings are not reasonable targets for Calculate. Nevertheless, I do >> see the use case, so I would not ask for anything to be changed. Just need >> to make sure that the initial/default rank for Calculate is low enough not >> to beat other more likely text actions. (I presume that the action >> rankings are adaptive, explaining why it was so high for me.) >> >> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 10:05:44 AM UTC-4 Nathan Henrie wrote: >> >>> Would you mind please making an issue at >>> https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues? The template helps >>> make sure we have enough info to give us the best shot and reproducing the >>> issue, and it's much more discoverable / searchable for other users >>> experiencing the same. >>> >>> FWIW, I'm running the current code from `main`, and I do not see this >>> behavior. >>> >>> It *seems* a lot like >>> https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2960 and I've written >>> up my thoughts on a possible cause and some steps for debugging in that >>> thread. >>> >>> Nate >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, at 12:47 PM, James McLean wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, I was able to use that idea to get a usable work-around. >>> But it still seems like something fundamental is broken. Why is >>> Calculate even being offered as an action, for an application for example? >>> Calculate is not even in the Applications list of Actions, let alone >>> enabled by my check-boxes. >>> And I just had to share this amusing screenshot. Recursion, anyone? >>> [image: Untitled.png] >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 1:27:25 PM UTC-4 random1destiny wrote: >>> >>> Looks like you can go into Settings>Actions and re-arrange the action >>> priority. For some reason "Open" and "Open File" were moved way down the >>> list below Calculate after the last update. >>> >>> >>> On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:55:28 PM UTC-4 James McLean wrote: >>> >>> Something has suddenly scrambled my actions. >>> >>> With the Calculator Plugin (which I use very frequently) enabled, >>> objects such as applications and text files get "Calculate" as the top >>> choice action. Which of course makes no sense, besides the fact that >>> Calculate is only supposed to become available with an object starting with >>> "=". (Some objects, such as Contacts, don't have this problem.) >>> >>> With Calculator Plugin disabled, at least an application gets the top >>> action Open. But the list of other action choices includes things which >>> make no sense, such as Search Contents. And I must misunderstand >>> something, because in QS> Preferences> Actions> Type=Applications, the Open >>> action does not even appear in the list??? This leaves me uncertain if it >>> is just Calculator gone wrong, or something deeper. >>> >>> I've tried deleting and reinstalling the Calculator plugin, with no >>> effect. What else can I try, to fix or debug? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Quicksilver" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacktree-quicksilver/ae1ea593-c5f4-4224-b4ed-6f63df83ad58n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacktree-quicksilver/ae1ea593-c5f4-4224-b4ed-6f63df83ad58n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacktree-quicksilver/53bd840a-73ac-4761-9c4e-912284ea1ed5n%40googlegroups.com.
