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Open Thread: Quicksilver podcast questions
Merlin Also | Jul 28 2006
Merlin on MacBreak: Intro to Quicksilver The response to the MacBreak on Quicksilver has been enthusiastic to say the least. Thanks to everyone who's sent emails saying they now "finally 'get' Quicksilver." That's really cool to hear. Based on lots of the messages, though, there's still lots of questions about setting up Quicksilver, loading plugins, and configuring things the way you like -- especially as seen in the video. As we've observed on the site many times, the ramp-up to full-on Quicksilver configuration can be a bitch. I want to try and route all the questions and answers into this one thread if I can. So, there's a few links below that I [="Red"]REALLY[/] encourage you to explore thoroughly before asking questions (I swear most all the answers are out there), but if you have a question not answered, the 43 Folders hive mind and I can try to help you out. Ask away (after you've really really looked for the answer on your own, okay?). My access over the next few days is limited, so any help from the Quicksilver studs out there is greatly appreciated! Good Quicksilver links:
Quicksilver power users: feel free to chime in as well with your favorite links, tutorials, and responses to questions from the new folks. Many thanks in advance. 51 Comments
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 Hi, I have just installed...Submitted by solidsnot on July 31, 2006 - 11:55am.
pwmartin wrote:
Hi, I have just installed Quicksilver and may have done something wrong as my catalog seems to be quite incomplete. The first time I installed Quicksilver I was able to pull up a file "dani1" three levels deep on the desktop by typing "dani". I thought that was cool till I realized that the results field didn't include a file "dani2" located in the same file as "dani1". I uninstalled and reinstalled Quicksilver. This time typing "dani" did not find the previously found file. I am confused. I have done a manual catalogue rescan but a lot of files still seem to be missing. I don't think they are missing but QS IMHO is a bit picky about search terms (probably for very good reasons, it is trainable however). If you type in dani, then dani2 may not appear because of the 2 in the second file. Also, it searches from the first letter in words so Microsoft Word would come up on a search of MW, not Micro (although it probably would come up on both, just a bit later on the second search). I have found that after an install of QS it is best to log off and then back on and that has fixed any catalog problems I have ever had. As a side, the location of files has no bearing on search results that I know of. If you wanted to look at all the files in a particular folder, search for that folder and then arrow into it to view the goodies inside. » POSTED IN:
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