Broken 3rd Pane in Leopard

[Bernhard]

Hi All,

I'm running Leopard 10.5.6 and Quicksilver b54(3815). The third pane
in QS doesn't work for any plug-ins or actions. I saw in the FAQ that
TextMate Rater breaks the third pane, but I don't have that installed.
I've tried using the menu-bar action on applications, for example, and
if I select the third pane, I am given no options. Down-arrow with the
third pane selected also yields an empty selection window.

I've reinstalled QS, and I've also tried QS on two different
computers, both running the same versions of QS and Leopard, one Intel
iMac, the other an Intel MacBook.

Does anybody have thoughts about what I can/should do?

Thanks,
Bernhard.

[Howard Melman]

It could be the menubar actions, have you tried other actions like
Email To..., Search For... , Move to...?

Howard

[Bernhard]

Email to works, and a few others, too. So it looks like the menubar
actions. (the iCal plug-in doesn't allow me to select calendars,
either, but I assume that's because the plug-in doesn't provide that
feature with Leopard's version of iCal)

Thanks,
Bernhard.

[isen]

I am running beta 56(3823) on 10.5.6 and having the same issue with
the third pane not showing up when I want to use "Move to. . ."

I typically use this in conjunction with using command-G to "get" the
item selected in the Finder so that I can move it somewhere else.

I haven't used "Email To . . .", but after reading this post I tried
to. I don't have that command available when I invoke QS, nor is it an
option in the prefs.

I, too, am looking to fix this since "Move To . . ." was a stand-by QS
action of mine.

[isen]

Just found this in another thread here (third pane not appearing)
posted by Eris:

This is, unfortunately, a known issue with this build. For me, the
third pane does appear if I select an action in the second pane using
the arrow keys, but only if I haven't typed anything. This is a huge
pain in the ass, but if you want to use the latest build it's the
only
workaround for now. :(

[scottk]

I have exact same issue on b56 (3823). Missing this very crucial
feature of Quicksilver.
Scott

[Brandon Low]

Latest SVN fixes this issue -- I hope Etienne will publish a new version
soon.

--Brandon

On 2009-03-05 (Thu) at 08:31:10 -0800, scottk wrote:
>
> I have exact same issue on b56 (3823). Missing this very crucial
> feature of Quicksilver.
> Scott
>

[zadzagy]

I am still experiencing the same problem. Do we have an update on a
fix?

Bob

[Etienne Samson]

Hi !

Posted b56a6, which fixes the broken 3rd pane.

Get it here :
http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/downloads/list

[Chris Cairns]

thanks, good news!! i will try it!

[Eris]

Nice, thanks! Any other interesting changes in this build?

[Ryan Jonna]

Thanks! Not only does the third pane work again, but "Select current
selection in command window" also works.

However, when I use the "Large Type" command, the text only appears
for a split second. This may be a bug.

Thanks again,

Jonna

[Chris Cairns]

However, when I use the "Large Type" command, the text only appears  
for a split second. This may be a bug.

same with me.

[zadzagy]

Very happy to have the third pane back, however, I'm also confirming
the large type bug.

Bob

[Chris Cairns]

I hope the "Services menu" actions are fixed in the next release.

[rcherny]

Hey, so is there a decent build which both the third pane and Large
Type works on?

On Apr 3, 10:44 am, Etienne Samson <tienn...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Chris Cairns]

On Apr 11, 2009, at 2:02 AM, rcherny wrote:

>
> Hey, so is there a decent build which both the third pane and Large
> Type works on?

B54(3815)
But i think someone can write an applescript to fix the "large type"
is "large type" was scriptable. I will see.

[Chris Cairns]

B54(3815)
But i think someone can write an applescript to fix the "large type" is "large type" was scriptable. I will see.

when i wrote the above, my idea was to use something like this

using terms from application "Quicksilver"

on process text largetype

set largetypetext to largetype

tell application "SEC Helper"

show screen message largetypetext duration 10

end tell

end process text

end using terms from

However, it is an irony that the third pane is broken only for "process text" in B56a6. :) :) :)

Now, can someone tell me if applescript can work on the text in  first pane of quicksilver without using "process text" so that i dont have to need the third pane. 

[Yvonne Thomson]

I think, based on my experiments, there could be a way around it. You
can't use process text, but actions written as shell scripts etc still
work. You should be able to write an applescript using the on run
handler and call that script from a bash script with something like
osascript scriptname $1

in other words call the applescript, which doesn't seem to be able to
get the text from a shell script, which seems to be able to.

[Chris Cairns]

I think, based on my experiments, there could be a way around it. You can't use process text, but actions written as shell scripts etc still work. You should be able to write an applescript using the on run handler and call that script from a bash script with something like osascript scriptname $1

in other words call the applescript, which doesn't seem to be able to get the text from a shell script, which seems to be able to.

Thanks for the reply, Yvonee. you have already surprised me by using something like Quicksilver. And now this. (Please take my comments positively)

Regarding, the "large type" issue it feels like I can't see most of the things though I have eyes. I should have known the fix earlier. I have posted it now just after you sent me this email.