The "current selection" proxy object was indeed very useful in triggers. On Leopard, I had quite a few triggers using this proxy object. And now that they're broken, I realize how often I used them in my workflow. For instance I used these triggers on a daily basis using "command + option + one letter" as keystrokes: current selection > add tag > ... (the selection being any number of files) current selection > remove tag > ... (the selection being any number of files) current selection > open with > textmate (the selection being files or folders) current selection > make new > sweave project (the current selection had to be a folder, then trigger used to create all the files necessary for a new sweave project (an empty template ".snw" file, the R icon, and a bunch of other files) current selection > append to > ... (the selection being text in any app) current selection > prepend to > ... (the selection being text in any app) and so on...
Now that I have to call these manually (at least for the second and third pane) I realize how much time I lose everyday! Probably not as much as I spend trying to fix this issue though! ;) Anyway, thanks for your suggestions! Ben On 12 sep, 01:41, andreb <[email protected]> wrote: > the current selection proxy only works if I right-arrow in it in the > first pane and find there the actual stuff I have selected. I don't > know if the proxy oject even is to be used directly. > The way I move stuff is by hitting Cmd+Esc with a Finder selection or > by invoking QS and hitting Cmd+G (same effect as typing current > selection to get the proxy and hitting the right arrow key to get the > actual selected items). I also have "Pull selection from front app > instead of Finder" ticked in the Extras prefs. This behaviours is on > both SL and Leopard. > I always thought that the proxy objects where more for utilizing them > in triggers. > > André > > On Sep 11, 5:49 pm, Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your answers. > > I read the whole post and followed the instructions but it's still not > > working. > > My problem is not to make selected text in an app to appear in the > > first pane of QS. It's not either to make the selected finder item to > > appear in the first pane. These things are working as expected. My > > problem is that the proxy object called "current selection" seems to > > be broken. Please try this : > > 1. select a file anywhere in the finder > > 2. invoke QS > > 3. type "current selection" in the first pane > > 4. type "move to..." in the second > > 5. type "desktop" in the third > > 6. hit enter > > When I do this, nothing happens (of course, the file should now be > > sitting on the desktop). This explains why triggers based on the > > "current selection" proxy object do not work. But I still don't know > > what to do to fix this... :( > > > Do you guys succeed to move files following the sequence described > > above? Do you succeed to do anything at all with "current selection" > > in the first pane? > > Thanks again for any help you could provide. > > > Ben > > > On 11 sep, 00:17, andreb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Please see my comment at the end of the following thread (link is all > > > one line!): > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/ > > > browse_thread/thread/5155bf5529bfb2cf > > > > I bet this is connected to your problem. > > > > HTH > > > > André
