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Saved by 8 people (0 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-04-18
- W00master on 2008-02-13 - Tags howto , quicksilver , tips
- Firehox on 2007-07-10 - Tags quicksilver , tip
- Maxtoniv on 2007-06-03 - Tags unread
- Do4self on 2007-06-03 - Tags quick
- Commpott on 2007-04-18 - Tags productivity , quicksilver , tips , workflow
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Before looking at simultaneous actions, its necessary to be familiar with the mechanism for saving Quicksilver actions. To save a command, invoke the Quicksilver interface, and choose the object and action as you would normally, then instead of hitting return to execute the command, press Ctrl-Return. This encapsulates the command and brings it into the direct selector.
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his results in a file called “Open Dashboard.qscommand” being created on your Desktop (or where ever you decided to save your file in step 6). Double-clicking that file will execute the saved command. If
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comma trickinvolves selecting multiple objects by pressing comma after choosing each object, then running an action on every selected object. For instance, if you select Dashboard, Safari and NetNewsWire in the direct selector, then choose Open in the action selector, all three applications will open.
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This is radically new stuff. As far as I’m aware, nobody else has ever done this before.
To run multiple commands at once, we make use of both the afore-mentioned techniques. The “comma trick” and saving commands used in tandem. Let’s have a look.
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