Comments on: 5 Ways to use Quicksilver http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/ Thoughts on Emerging Media and Higher Education Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jk http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 jk Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:37:57 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-5681 Dave, try activating the 'advanced features' in Quicksilver. if you check the catalog (or actions?), you will see that there's the option for quicksilver to track documents. I have actually disabled that today, but don't remember how. Dave, try activating the ‘advanced features’ in Quicksilver. if you check the catalog (or actions?), you will see that there’s the option for quicksilver to track documents.
I have actually disabled that today, but don’t remember how.

]]> By: dave http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-2135 dave Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:10:50 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-2135 Mark, I am not sure I understand your question clearly, but I will give it a shot and if this doesn't help, by all means ask again. The catalog in Quicksilver only "drills down" as many levels as you tell it. In catalog look at Users and Documents. Then click the "i" at the bottom right, this should open a side panel, this should show what you are indexing, this means what Quicksilver has in its catalogs. (You don't need a plugin for any of this.) It could be that the document you want is to far down in the folders for Quicksilver to recognize. If this is the problem let me know and I can point you to how to fix it. The "comma" part of this trick should work on a basic install of Quicksilver. Try this. Invoke Quicksilver->Select Documents in the FIrst Pane, Now without going to the second pane press the right arrow key, this should take you inside the documents folder. Highlight a document by pressing up and down arrows, and rather than hitting return to open, press the coma key, repeat this until you have multiple documents. If this doesn't work let me know and I will figure out what isn't working. Mark,
I am not sure I understand your question clearly, but I will give it a shot and if this doesn’t help, by all means ask again. The catalog in Quicksilver only “drills down” as many levels as you tell it. In catalog look at Users and Documents. Then click the “i” at the bottom right, this should open a side panel, this should show what you are indexing, this means what Quicksilver has in its catalogs. (You don’t need a plugin for any of this.) It could be that the document you want is to far down in the folders for Quicksilver to recognize. If this is the problem let me know and I can point you to how to fix it.

The “comma” part of this trick should work on a basic install of Quicksilver. Try this. Invoke Quicksilver->Select Documents in the FIrst Pane, Now without going to the second pane press the right arrow key, this should take you inside the documents folder. Highlight a document by pressing up and down arrows, and rather than hitting return to open, press the coma key, repeat this until you have multiple documents.

If this doesn’t work let me know and I will figure out what isn’t working.

]]> By: Mark http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-2134 Mark Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:28:48 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-2134 Not sure if you are still looking at comments for this, but I had one question: I'm lost as to how you manage to use quicksilver to open multiple documents. I've just tried this and it does not seem to "know" the docs that I tried to start to open. Is there a plugin I need to do this? Does one need to first tell quicksilver to catalog the hard disk so it knows where everything is sitting on my drive? Not sure if you are still looking at comments for this, but I had one question: I’m lost as to how you manage to use quicksilver to open multiple documents. I’ve just tried this and it does not seem to “know” the docs that I tried to start to open. Is there a plugin I need to do this? Does one need to first tell quicksilver to catalog the hard disk so it knows where everything is sitting on my drive?

]]> By: Alexander Refsum Jensenius » 5 Ways to use Quicksilver http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 Alexander Refsum Jensenius » 5 Ways to use Quicksilver Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:41:38 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-1635 [...] I came across Dave Parry’s blog academhack, with some interesting comments on Mac software in an academic context. I was particularly happy about his 5 Ways to use Quicksilver, which helped me get started using the web and dictionary search in Quicksilver. [...] [...] I came across Dave Parry’s blog academhack, with some interesting comments on Mac software in an academic context. I was particularly happy about his 5 Ways to use Quicksilver, which helped me get started using the web and dictionary search in Quicksilver. [...]

]]> By: dave http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-430 dave Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:20:19 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-430 Lew, Actually reading your comment again, I'm not sure that is the problem . . . What do you mean by doesn't show up? You can't find it at all? or in Quicksilver? Perhaps it is one folder too deep (Quicksilver by default only searches to a certain depth) . . .maybe you need to select the folder it is in and right arrow in to select that database . . .give me more info and I am sure we can figure this out. Lew,
Actually reading your comment again, I’m not sure that is the problem . . . What do you mean by doesn’t show up? You can’t find it at all? or in Quicksilver? Perhaps it is one folder too deep (Quicksilver by default only searches to a certain depth) . . .maybe you need to select the folder it is in and right arrow in to select that database . . .give me more info and I am sure we can figure this out.

]]> By: dave http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-429 dave Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:55:07 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-429 Sounds like the main database you use is saved in another location. Try this, invoke quicksilver in first pane select the major database, and than in the second pane, type "reveal" which will show its location in finder. Now open up preferences and select from there. Sounds like the main database you use is saved in another location. Try this, invoke quicksilver in first pane select the major database, and than in the second pane, type “reveal” which will show its location in finder. Now open up preferences and select from there.

]]> By: Lew Friedland http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Lew Friedland Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:42:25 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-426 Thanks. I tried and succeeded with one database, my minor one, but for some reason the major research database I use doesn't show up! Any ideas? Or should I go to another forum. Thanks. I tried and succeeded with one database, my minor one, but for some reason the major research database I use doesn’t show up! Any ideas? Or should I go to another forum.

]]> By: Leslie Madsen-Brooks http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Leslie Madsen-Brooks Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:12:29 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-424 I'd love to hear how you're using Devon to organize your job search. Please share! I’d love to hear how you’re using Devon to organize your job search. Please share!

]]> By: dave http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-422 dave Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:51:43 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-422 Lew, Devon: Devon only allows one database to be open at a time. So to get the hotkeys set up you go to Quicksilver, preferences, triggers, add hotkey. Now instead of adding open devon, add open the particular database. That is select the database in the first window, and open in the second. Repeat for however many databases you want. Dictionary: In Quicksilver preferences, if you select Plugins, and on the left select all plug-ins you should see Dictionary Module (or at least I do) if you don't let me know. Lew,
Devon: Devon only allows one database to be open at a time. So to get the hotkeys set up you go to Quicksilver, preferences, triggers, add hotkey. Now instead of adding open devon, add open the particular database. That is select the database in the first window, and open in the second. Repeat for however many databases you want.
Dictionary: In Quicksilver preferences, if you select Plugins, and on the left select all plug-ins you should see Dictionary Module (or at least I do) if you don’t let me know.

]]> By: Lew Friedland http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2006/5-ways-to-use-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Lew Friedland Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:47:11 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=78#comment-421 Can you explain 1) how to find the dictionary plugin (I can't, and searched the Quicksilver forum for info on it) and 2) how you set up the hotkey between two Devon Databases? I assume they both need to be open at the same time? Can you explain 1) how to find the dictionary plugin (I can’t, and searched the Quicksilver forum for info on it) and 2) how you set up the hotkey between two Devon Databases? I assume they both need to be open at the same time?

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