Re: Open a new window in a document based application.

2010-07-19 Thread funkymonkey
Accessing the menu item 'file/new' also works. On Jul 16, 6:46 pm, Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian) jonstov...@gmail.com wrote: Save the following as ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/ Actions/New Document or Window.scpt, and then restart QS. Select one or more applications in the

Re: Open a new window in a document based application.

2010-07-19 Thread Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)
Only if the menu item is named New, and that is a rare circumstance. Usually menu items are more precise, such as New Window or New Document. On Jul 19, 4:22 am, funkymonkey spider...@gmail.com wrote: Accessing the menu item 'file/new' also works. On Jul 16, 6:46 pm, Jon Stovell (a.k.a.

Show menu items yields incomplete list

2010-07-19 Thread Hierodeacon
Hello again, Now having Show menu items working, my use of it has been very limited because it doesn't yield any items leading to submenus. In Mail.app, for example, if I want edit - substitutions, by typing SUB all I get is subject. When I type SUBS it then switches to text mode. This

how to launch an application as root user?

2010-07-19 Thread Q.P.
There are two applications I need to launch as the root user fairly often. I would like to have a quick and easy way to do this, so I thought of using Quicksilver. Can anyone tell me how to launch Finder as root? Also, I have a Linux app installed with fink that I need to launch as root. Thanks