Thank you so much! I knew there had to be a way around my issue, and this is perfect. I was not aware of the .qscommand save to file functionality. QS is soooo deep!
I just went with a simple abbreviation for my qscommand rather than setting up a Synonym. After all, I was able to go and name the .qscommand file in an intuitive way. On Friday, February 22, 2019 at 10:35:20 AM UTC-6, 34597345 wrote: > > If you want to be able to search for a command, what you could do is use > the ’Save Command To File…’ action. Going with the example of opening > several applications at once, the following should work: > > > > - Select the applications you want to open in the first pane using the > ‘comma trick’. > > > > - Making sure that the default action in the second pane is ’Open’, > press ‘control’ and ‘return’. > > > > - In the Quicksilver instance that follows, tab to the second pane and > search for the ‘Save Command To File…’ action. In the third pane, specify > a > folder to which the Quicksilver command file is to be saved (for instance > a > new folder dedicated to Quicksilver commands). > > > > - To make the command more easy to search for, I would suggest > creating a synonym for the item (Preferences > Catalog, ‘+’ button, > ‘Synonym’). > > > You should then be able to search for the command using Quicksilver and > run it by using the default ‘Open’ action that appears in the second pane. > > > See this informative post on the Quicksilver blog from 2011: > > > http://blog.qsapp.com/post/6414891244/automate-quicksilver > > > > On Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 8:55:19 PM UTC+1, [email protected] > wrote: > >> Thanks Rob, I'm surprised too and think there should be an option to add >> Triggers to the Catalog. Added Feature Request here: >> >> https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2488 >> >> I'm thinking there has to be a way to select something in the Catalog >> that would do multiple commands at once in QS meanwhile. Perhaps something >> to do with folders/groups? >> >> Actually, Trigger groups are already broken and have been for at least 5 >> years. https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/135 >> >> On Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 11:42:51 AM UTC-6, Rob McBroom wrote: >>> >>> On 5 Feb 2019, at 17:29, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> > I have a new question now. I'd rather not use a hotkey, but rather >>> > just >>> > search the name of my custom Trigger using the QS window itself. >>> > However, >>> > it does not come up, which surprised me. >>> > >>> > How do I add QS Custom Triggers to my QS Catalog? >>> >>> I don’t think you can do that currently. I’m surprised it’s never >>> come up before, but I suppose most people just run the trigger directly >>> once it’s configured. >>> >>> Triggers are just commands, so we could add them to the catalog similar >>> to the way we add “Recent Commands”. If you have a GitHub account, >>> I’d go there to make the suggestion. >>> >>> https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues >>> >>> -- >>> Rob McBroom >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
