Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
(Hi again, everyone.) Some time back, I seem to recall reading that Revolution had some form of Spotlight integration under OSX. Can anyone point me to some information about this? Or just tell me I remember wrongly? Thanks. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Troy, you can access all spotlight query features using the shell() command and calling mdfind command. Revolution 2.6 has a spotlight importer that will index our scripts but I really don't know if it is present on 2.7 Cheers andre On Mar 10, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: (Hi again, everyone.) Some time back, I seem to recall reading that Revolution had some form of Spotlight integration under OSX. Can anyone point me to some information about this? Or just tell me I remember wrongly? Thanks. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
On Mar 10, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: you can access all spotlight query features using the shell() command and calling mdfind command. Revolution 2.6 has a spotlight importer that will index our scripts but I really don't know if it is present on 2.7 Hmm. So, if we wanted to make our own content indexable, this doesn't have much to do with that, huh? I was hoping there was some way to support indexing data stacks and the like. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Troy, you can use applescript to set the text that is used to index you content... I really think there were something along the lines of a property called spotlighttext in Rev 2.6 that you could set and then it would be indexed using finder.mdimport... but I am quoting from memory and I might had dreamed it. Cheers andre On Mar 10, 2006, at 7:15 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: On Mar 10, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: you can access all spotlight query features using the shell() command and calling mdfind command. Revolution 2.6 has a spotlight importer that will index our scripts but I really don't know if it is present on 2.7 Hmm. So, if we wanted to make our own content indexable, this doesn't have much to do with that, huh? I was hoping there was some way to support indexing data stacks and the like. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Revolution 2.6 has a spotlight importer that will index our scripts but I really don't know if it is present on 2.7 Hmm. So, if we wanted to make our own content indexable, this doesn't have much to do with that, huh? I was hoping there was some way to support indexing data stacks and the like. Rev stacks since 2.6.1 (I think) have been indexed by Spotlight, but I think it only indexes the scripts and not the fields. It may index custom properties, so if your data is stored there, you can test that. Cheers, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Sarah Reichelt wrote: Rev stacks since 2.6.1 (I think) have been indexed by Spotlight, but I think it only indexes the scripts and not the fields. Who wants their scripts indexed? And if someone wants a stack indexed, isn't the interest more likely in having the content indexed? :\ -- Richard Gaskin Managing Editor, revJournal ___ Rev tips, tutorials and more: http://www.revJournal.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Hmmm, I don't get any results for my Rev stacks, either script, fld, or custom property. Maybe there is a preference or setting required. It would be nice to be able to have the spotlight search. Spotlight does work in NoteTaker (.ntx) outlining formats and Excel workbooks. Does anyone have this working? I have a plugin that loads a button into altPlugins toolbar where one click saves the top stack, and saves the stack script container to a text file in a folder called 'scriptsRev'. I append the seconds to the front of the file name so the versions are in chrono. Also, I build a function that writes the scripts of my apps when they start, so I get copies of the scripts, even when I stop, tweak, and restart. Jim Ault Las Vegas On 3/10/06 2:23 PM, Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Revolution 2.6 has a spotlight importer that will index our scripts but I really don't know if it is present on 2.7 Hmm. So, if we wanted to make our own content indexable, this doesn't have much to do with that, huh? I was hoping there was some way to support indexing data stacks and the like. Rev stacks since 2.6.1 (I think) have been indexed by Spotlight, but I think it only indexes the scripts and not the fields. It may index custom properties, so if your data is stored there, you can test that. Cheers, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Richard Gaskin wrote: Who wants their scripts indexed? And if someone wants a stack indexed, isn't the interest more likely in having the content indexed? While I'm not a Mac user, I would actually enjoy this feature. I've created hundreds of stacks which do different things, and sometimes it takes me forever to remember which stack had a handler I used before. It would be cool to search for: 'altAnswerList' and find all the stacks I've used an altAnswerList function, then sort them by date to get the most recent. Heck just searching for 'alt*' anything would be fun! :-) -C ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
On Mar 10, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Who wants their scripts indexed? And if someone wants a stack indexed, isn't the interest more likely in having the content indexed? Bingo. Although being able to spotlight my scripts could ultimately be helpful, I was hoping it worked with content. That would make it a lot more interesting, at least for Mac specific tools, and even my own desktop stuff. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Message: 19 Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:23:19 +1000 From: Sarah Reichelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev To: How to use Revolution use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Revolution 2.6 has a spotlight importer that will index our scripts but I really don't know if it is present on 2.7 Hmm. So, if we wanted to make our own content indexable, this doesn't have much to do with that, huh? I was hoping there was some way to support indexing data stacks and the like. Rev stacks since 2.6.1 (I think) have been indexed by Spotlight, but I think it only indexes the scripts and not the fields. It may index custom properties, so if your data is stored there, you can test that. Cheers, Sarah Sarah, You are right. Spotlight does not index content, but EasyFind--see below--does search content. Richard: Very useful in finding that stack which has the special function, e.g. intersection or theAngleBetween in some script, somewhere. However, EasyFind will search both the scripts and the content. It does not index, so it is slow. (To search scripts be sure to include RSTK file types.) To check out EasyFind (freeware) check the url: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11706 Jim ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
On Mar 10, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Jim Hurley wrote: You are right. Spotlight does not index content, but EasyFind--see below--does search content. I wonder what it would take to make content stacks spotlight compatible? EasyFind sounds pretty neat, but it is a whole 'nuther thing. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
Troy Rollins wrote: On Mar 10, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Who wants their scripts indexed? And if someone wants a stack indexed, isn't the interest more likely in having the content indexed? Bingo. Although being able to spotlight my scripts could ultimately be helpful, I was hoping it worked with content. That would make it a lot more interesting, at least for Mac specific tools, and even my own desktop stuff. I've always thought of Spotlight in Rev as something that's most useful not for developers, but for developers' customers. It's dirt simple to make a script search tool for Rev in Rev. And if I need to search my own content it's only a little more time and that's done too. But my customers, they're the ones that need Spotlight support. They don't program in Transcript, they can't get at data like we developers can. But they do enjoy Spotlight, and increasingly it plays a role in how they think about the content on their drive. I can understand adding Spotlight support for scripts, but only as the second thing I'd do, long after making content indexed first. Curious priorities, impenetrable to my weak mind -- Richard Gaskin Managing Editor, revJournal ___ Rev tips, tutorials and more: http://www.revJournal.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Mac OSX, Spotlight, and Rev
On Mar 10, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I've always thought of Spotlight in Rev as something that's most useful not for developers, but for developers' customers. Exactly. The ability to let them use the native tools of the OS to best advantage. Makes for more powerful software. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
