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Applescript: using Quicksilver to append to OmniOutliner documents
Richard Flynn | Mar 14 2008
I'm hoping that someone can help me. I've done some searching today for this and was surprised not to find very much information about what I'm looking for. We all know that you can use Quicksilver to append to an existing text file (with the .txt suffix). However, I keep a set of lists—my non-systematic ‘stuff’—in a set of OmniOutliner documents. These documents are all stored in one folder. There seems to be no way to use Quicksilver to append a line to an arbitrary OmniOutliner document, as far as I can tell. I've found this page which gives a script to use as a Quicksilver action. That script will append to a .oo3 document whose filename is hard-coded into the script. I would like to be able to define which document to append to from within the Quicksilver interface, in the third argument. So, my ideal situation would be to think of something to add to one of my lists, bring up Quicksilver and then do something like this in the argument panes:
Surely this is possible? I'm sure someone here with a brain far bigger than my own would be able to help out with the necessary hacking of the Applescript, which is something I've not ever really come to terms with (especially in writing Quicksilver actions). Hope someone can help me here! Thanks in advance. 2 Comments
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Services+Quicksilver=Fun fun funSubmitted by Richard Flynn on March 15, 2008 - 1:50am.
Thanks, Merlin. I had thought of OOP's clippings but had half-dismissed them since I would have to type out what I wanted elsewhere, and then mouse to the Services menu. However, I've now discovered the Services Menu Module plugin for Quicksilver, which allows you to use Services as Quickilver actions. (OOP allows you to define multiple clippings files; the non-pro version only allows one.) One slightly annoying thing is that the OOP ‘Add to clippings’ service prepends your text with the time (parent) and date (grandparent) you added the item. Oh well, I'll live: it's easy enough to sort this stuff out when I'm reviewing my lists. » POSTED IN:
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