Use the Assign Abbreviation action. It's in the Helping the Matching
Algorithm section which in version 0.14 of the user manual is on page
20:
"Bring up the object you want in the first pane (www.amazon.com),
choose Assign Abbreviation as the action, and in
the third pane enter the abbreviation you want via text mode (z). Now
if you type that abbreviation in either the first or third pane, your
choice will be ranked first. This happens because exactly matching an
abbreviation causes the item to have a very high score. Note
abbreviations will only work if they match the input string in some
way. You can’t set irc to be an abbreviation for Colloquy.app because
if you typed irc, Colloquy would not appear in the results list."
Howard
On Nov 9, 2008, at 2:58 PM, cripster2009 wrote:
Hi Jon i've got the first part setup I'm just not sure how to setup
the abbreviation part, can you tell me how I've tried to find it in
the guide but not sure what i'm looking for.
On Nov 9, 4:38 am, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ah, okay. So from what I can see in the pictures, pressing keys in a
sequence really makes things easier for you than having to press
several keys simultaneously. In that case, I have a suggestion. Go
into QS's preferences, select the Preferences tab at the top, choose
Command from the sidebar, and set up "Modifier only activation". This
will let you bring up QS using a single key (e.g. pressing once on
the
⌘ key). This will let you do everything in QS using only one key
at a
time.
If you combine this with the Assign Abbreviation... action, you can
set up your most common actions to be very quick to execute. Since
you
mentioned Firefox and the wanting to lock your computer, you could
assign the abbreviation fx to Firefox, and fl to the Fast Logout
script. Then to launch Firefox the sequence would be ⌘, f, x,
return.
To lock the computer the sequence would be ⌘, f, l, return.
Hope that helps!
On Nov 7, 2:56 am, cripster2009 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks again for the reply as you know i'm disabled and i type
with a
stick in my left hand and arm, you can see a picture of me on my
website @www.artwheels.co.nzthenyou will understand, i'm trying to
cut down on how far i have to move to press keys, its also being
lazy
lol :)
On Nov 7, 1:29 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)"
retur
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. Fast Logout does the equivalent of ctrl+alt+del on a windows
computer. No one will be able to do anything with your computer
without entering the proper password.
2.
(a) As far as I know, one can only use a single non-modifier key
in a
trigger. But if you are going to press multiple keys anyway, you
can
invoke QS, bring up Firefox by the normal method, and then choose
the
Assign Abbreviation action in the second pane. This will let you
set
an abbreviation (such as "fx") that will always match with Firefox.
Then it becomes a matter of a keypress to invoke QS and typing fx,
which is about the same amount of work as pressing a multiple key
trigger would be.
(b) You can use any combination of modifier keys to create a
trigger.
You could make a trigger that only uses ⌘R, or one that uses
⌥⌘G, or
⇧⌥2, or any other number of modifiers.
On Nov 6, 4:07 pm, cripster2009 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Another Question is do i have to use the "fn command alt and
apple"
keys with another to make a trigger or can i use say fx to open
firefox at the mo i'm using commad+f but would like to use fx,
when i
try to load the fx into the hotkey area but it wont take that
combo.
On Nov 7, 9:11 am, cripster2009 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks very much for that it is just what i wanted, all i need
to do
now is follow Howard's guide and add a trigger. Do you know of
any
program i can use to lock up my Macbook while i'm away from it,
in
windows you can use "ctrl+alt+del" to do it.
On Nov 7, 3:21 am, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Open QS's preferences, click on the Plug-ins tab, and install
the
Extra Scripts module. That will add a script called Fast
Logout to the
Quicksilver catalogue, which does what you describe. Then
simply start
typing Fast Logout into the first pane until it appears. By
default
the action in the second pane should be the Run action. Press
return
with Run in the second pane, and presto.
If you want you can follow Howard's user guide to set this up
as a
trigger.
On Nov 5, 5:40 pm, cripster2009 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all i'm very very new to Quicksilver, i downloaded it
because i'm
disabled and wanted something to bring up the login window
so i can
lock it down while i'm away from the macbook, so i did a
search and
there was a story about using Quicksilver to do what i want,
so i
downloaded, and now i don't know how to get the login screen
to work,
i've looked in the manual but i'm finding it very hard to
follow.
If any one can help with this i'd be a very happy person
Regards.......
Graham
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ps sorry if this post is in the wrong place
