Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:40:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: CakeFace <bicyk...@gmail.com>
To: blacktree-quicksilver@googlegroups.com
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Subject: Start Quicksilver With Keyboard Shortcut.
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Sometimes, for one reason or another, QS isn't running. I feel a deep sense 
of loss when I try to activate it and nothing happens. The main problem is 
that I want to use QS to *launch *QS. Navigating the applications folder 
seems creaky and lame, and QS has made me a shortcut man. Frustrated, I 
came up with a simple solution to allow me to start QS with a keyboard 
shortcut. I'm fairly sure that this has been covered before, but on the off 
chance that it hasn't, here's my solution:

1. Open Automator, and select 'Service' when it asks you what kind of 
workflow you'd like to create.
2. Change the 'Service receives selected' menu to 'No input'.
3. Drag the 'Launch Application' action onto the workflow.
4. Under the drop-down menu, choose 'Quicksilver'
5. Save your workflow with a name like 'LaunchQuicksilver'
6. Close Automator, and open up the 'Keyboard' preference pane in System 
Preferences.
7. Click the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' tab, and select 'Services' from the 
sidebar.
8. Scroll down until you see the 'LaunchQuicksilver' service that you 
created.
9. Make sure that it's checked, and then double-click on the empty space to 
the right of it, and you'll be able to choose a shortcut.
10. Voila! A makeshift trigger that allows you to open QS.

I used command-control-q, because the command-control key combo is what i 
use to open all my programs, so it feels natural. Quicksilver will 
supercede any keyboard shortcuts that you've made in the preference pane, 
so don't worry that it'll interfere with another QS trigger that you've got 
set up. Cheers!

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Sometimes, for one reason or another, QS isn't running. I feel a deep sense=
 of loss when I try to activate it and nothing happens. The main problem is=
 that I want to use QS to <i>launch </i>QS. Navigating the applications fol=
der seems creaky and lame, and QS has made me a shortcut man. Frustrated, I=
 came up with a simple solution to allow me to start QS with a keyboard sho=
rtcut. I'm fairly sure that this has been covered before, but on the off ch=
ance that it hasn't, here's my solution:<div><br></div><div>1. Open Automat=
or, and select 'Service' when it asks you what kind of workflow you'd like =
to create.</div><div>2. Change the 'Service receives selected' menu to 'No =
input'.</div><div>3. Drag the 'Launch Application' action onto the workflow=
.</div><div>4. Under the drop-down menu, choose 'Quicksilver'</div><div>5. =
Save your workflow with a name like 'LaunchQuicksilver'</div><div>6. Close =
Automator, and open up the 'Keyboard' preference pane in System Preferences=
.</div><div>7. Click the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' tab, and select 'Services' fr=
om the sidebar.</div><div>8. Scroll down until you see the 'LaunchQuicksilv=
er' service that you created.</div><div>9. Make sure that it's checked, and=
 then double-click on the empty space to the right of it, and you'll be abl=
e to choose a shortcut.</div><div>10. Voila! A makeshift trigger that allow=
s you to open QS.</div><div><br></div><div>I used command-control-q, becaus=
e the command-control key combo is what i use to open all my programs, so i=
t feels natural. Quicksilver will supercede any keyboard shortcuts that you=
've made in the preference pane, so don't worry that it'll interfere with a=
nother QS trigger that you've got set up. Cheers!</div>
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