Re: Cannot access Apple's Dictionary for definitions using QS-1

[Patrick Robertson]

If you install the Services Menu Plugin, then you can use the action 'Lookup in Dictionary' (as you mentioned). That is currently the best way, since Apple changed the way the dictionary app worked in 10.6+ and the plugin has yet to be updated.

On 3 May 2013 04:51, Barrie <zen1...@zen.co.uk> wrote:

Regard me as a newbie since my skill with QS is limited to say the least!

With B65 I could type 'cmd-space .benign tab D return' to get Apple's dictionary definition of 'benign'. I upgraded to QS-1 and this no longer worked: possibly QS's dictionary handling was 32 bit. Somehow (I wish I still knew how) I found that 'Lookup in Dictionary' was a replacement and replacing the 'D' in the B65 string by 'LID' worked in QS-1.

However, a day or two later this no longer worked. I suspect that the cause may be an automatic check for plugins each week that I have set up. I now get the following block in Console Messages that seems related to QS and dictionary.

30/04/2013 21:33:01 Quicksilver[45996] Warning: no action object for Command [Action Missing: QSDictionaryLookupAction] 

Command Dictionary: {

    actionID = QSDictionaryLookupAction;

    directID = QSGlobalSelectionProxy;

    indirectArchive =     {

        class = QSObject;

        data =         {

            QSTextProxyType = "";

        };

        properties =         {

            QSObjectName = "";

            QSObjectType = QSTextProxyType;

        };

    };

}

I'd be grateful if someone can show me how I can get Dictionary working again.

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[Barrie]

On Friday, May 3, 2013 4:15:12 PM UTC+1, Patrick wrote:

If you install the Services Menu Plugin, then you can use the action 'Lookup in Dictionary' (as you mentioned). That is currently the best way, since Apple changed the way the dictionary app worked in 10.6+ and the plugin has yet to be updated.

Many thanks for this. I've tried it and it works as it did before. In addition, looking at the documentation for the Services Menu Plugin showed me how I must have found ' Lookup in Dictionary' in the first place. I'm doubly pleased!

[1.61803]

IIRC Look Up in Dictionary service truncates a string on the first space not letting you search for phrases, phrasal verbs, etc and doesn't show the lefthand sidebar with suggestions. I made the following applescript action.

using terms from application "Quıcĸsıɩⅴεʀ"

on get direct types

return {"NSStringPboardType"}

end get direct types

on process text lemma

set the clipboard to lemma

activate application "Dictionary"

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Dictionary" to set focused of text field 1 of group 3 of tool bar 1 of front window to true

activate application "Dictionary"

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using {command down}

end process text

end using terms from