On Jan 6, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Rob McBroom wrote:

> On Jan 6, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Howard Melman wrote:
> 
>> They only work on text objects in the first pane
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by that. There's a Quick Look script out there 
> that works on files. And actions that work on text seem to be reversible. 
> That is, I can call up the action itself in the first pane and enter text in 
> the third pane. I do this many times per day.
> 
> Many examples of such scripts can be found here
> 
> http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/web/applescripts-for-quicksilver

That's right, you can also write actions that work on files, but I don't think 
you can write one that works on contacts or other types. You can't write one 
that works for just images, though I assume you can write one that works on 
files, checks if it's an image and does something with it. It will just appear 
for all files, even those that aren't images.

At one point I wrote one that took text in the first pane and searched for a 
contact of that name to add a timestamp to the note field. I tried using it by 
calling up a contact in the first pane and then hitting . to turn the name into 
text and then using the action. It seemed to be one step too many to use often 
and was slow.

I tried the QuickLook one and it didn't work for me. It appeared as a choice in 
the 2nd pane but did nothing when run on a txt file.  I'm using B54, I don't 
know if that's an issue.

Howard

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