Hi,
Recently I learned about QS being able to access Application Menus. This rocks when combined with the huge bundle menu that TextMate has, making it a breeze to find things you use sometimes, but keep forgetting the shortcut of. Here's how to set it up:
- Launch Quicksilver, edit preferences - In the Application tab, tick "Enable advanced features" and select "Beta". - In the Catalog tab, open the Quicksilver entry and tick "Proxy Objects". - In the Triggers menu, create a new hotkey trigger for the QS command "Current Application" with the action "Show Menu Items". I use ctrl-space as hotkey for it.
Now open up TextMate, open a new document, press ctrl-space and type "lor" for example, this will give you the "lorem ipsum" command.
Have fun,
Jeroen.
Sorry forgot one thing:
You need to "Enable access for assistive devices" enabled at the bottom of the "Universal Access" System Preference-pane.
Jeroen.
And one last thing.
Also install the QS "User Interface Access" plugin.
Sorry, Jeroen.
Hi,
Recently I learned about QS being able to access Application Menus. This rocks when combined with the huge bundle menu that TextMate has, making it a breeze to find things you use sometimes, but keep forgetting the shortcut of. Here's how to set it up:
- Launch Quicksilver, edit preferences
- In the Application tab, tick "Enable advanced features" and
select "Beta".
- In the Catalog tab, open the Quicksilver entry and tick "Proxy
Objects".
- In the Triggers menu, create a new hotkey trigger for the QS command
"Current Application" with the action "Show Menu Items". I use ctrl-space as hotkey for it.
Now open up TextMate, open a new document, press ctrl-space and type "lor" for example, this will give you the "lorem ipsum" command.
Have fun,
Jeroen.
Unfortunately, the biggest drawback of this method is that it is extremely slow. I have a lot of stuff
thomas Aylott wrote:
Unfortunately, the biggest drawback of this method is that it is extremely slow. I have a lot of stuff
It is a bit on the slow side, but it beats searching through the menus where that item was again. And if it doesn't beat that, then it's an incentive to learn the shortcut :)
Jeroen.
This is an incredible hint, which will help me even more with other applications. Thanks!
- Eric -- Eric Hsu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics San Francisco State University http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu erichsu@math.sfsu.edu