patrick and rob - thank you for the very useful info. both methods worked (spotlight plugin and the services menu action) but what's interesting is the QS plugin returns results that are only files (media, text, etc) and exclude webpages and emails whereby all the above show up in the service-based search.
i also observed that the plugin search launches a finder-type window with the search term in the window title but not in the search field and next to a smart folder/search (purple) folder icon. the service search (that includes a wider range of results) provides finder window with the search text in the actual search field instead of in the finder window title. im not sure what this means or how they work differently but does anyone know if this is documented formally somewhere? thanks! On Dec 31 2009, 5:52 pm, Rob McBroom <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 31, 2009, at 6:19 AM, pendolino wrote: > > > does anyone know if there's a simple way to get spotlight working via > > QS? i recall there was a plugin a long time ago but i doubt that works > > anymore and since no one has mentioned it in a while it seems interest > > has waned. > > The Spotlight Module still works. Be sure the actions you want to use are > enabled. Note that the window mode for Spotlight is gone, but the action > still works (and in fact is more likely to be what you want than “Spotlight > in Finder””). > > If my Preferences window worked, I’d probably disable that action. :) > > -- > Rob McBroom > <http://www.skurfer.com/>
