Web search not working (fresh install today B56a7/3825)

[Ferf]

I'm a long time user of QS.
In the past to have a search engine usable in QS I would search for
"***" and then bookmark that page. QS would somehow index my bookmarks
and recognize that bookmark as a QS search. Ever since upgrading to
snow leopard I've lost that functionality.

Well, today I decided I wanted it back. I deleted QS and all prefs and
previous application support folders/files. Installed a fresh copy
(B56a7 3825).
Installed the websearch plugin, went to catalog > modules > and
activated web searches and then restarted.

Now when I invoke QS and type "goo", I get Google search and the
action is "open URL" where it used to be "search for..." and a text
field I could tab into.

Any thoughts on how to get "search for..." to be the default action
for the web searches? And is it still possible to bookmark a search
engine result of *** to make new web searches (I realize that the
search string needs to be in the url but most modern search engines do
this).

Thanks in advance.

[Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)]

In the Actions section of QS's main preferences pane, drag the Search
For… action up the list until it is ranked higher than the Open URL
action.

[Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)]

And yes, it should still be possible to bookmark *** searches to
quickly create search engine URLs.

On Nov 9, 4:22 pm, Ferf <jeffdavi...@gmail.com> wrote:

[elspub]

You can also use this action instead of the websearch plugin. http://tr.im/EDqO
It takes text entered in QS text entry mode and sends it to yubnub as
a search.

If you don't know yubnub, read about it here: http://tr.im/D4Ak.

But its basically a command line for the web. Uses prefixes to define
searches.

So: "g Quicksilver" googles Quicksilver
"gim poodles" does a google image search for poodles
"wp Persian Empire" Wikipedia searches for the Persian empire
There's also some cool extras like
gimyim splits your browser view into two vertical windows, the left
side is a google image search and right side a yahoo image search


and on and on and on. There's hundreds, if not thousands. And its easy
to make your own at yubnub.org

One QS action, the whole web.

[HMayes]

This is AMAZING (first time i've been introduced to YubNub. The only
thing is, it crashes QS every time I use it. Any ideas?
QS B56a7
Snow Leopard 10.6.2

-Mayes

On Nov 9, 6:04 pm, elspub <els...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can also use this action instead of the websearch plugin.http://tr.im/EDqO

[Tim Fallis]

QuickSilver newbie here - thanks for this script. I'd love to use this but I'm not sure where to put it to make it active. Can you advise. Many thanks.

Best regards.

Timothy J. Fallis
President

Black Rock Marketing Group
101 Duncan Mill Road, Suite #106
Toronto, Ontario, M3B 1Z3

Phone: 416-385-1494 x236
Website: www.blackrockmarketing.com

[HMayes]

Hi Tim,
You need to put the script into ~/Library/Application Support/
Quicksilver/Actions/

note that ~ stands for your home folder (i.e. /Users/<your username>)

Let me know if this works for you without crashing QS. I can only use
it once and then I have to start up QS again.

-Mayes

On Nov 10, 9:32 am, Tim Fallis <tjfal...@blackrockmarketing.com>
wrote:

> QuickSilver newbie here - thanks for this script.  I'd love to use this but I'm not sure where to put it to make it active.  Can you advise.  Many thanks.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Timothy J. Fallis
> President
>
> Black Rock Marketing Group
> 101 Duncan Mill Road, Suite #106
> Toronto, Ontario, M3B 1Z3
>
> Phone: 416-385-1494 x236
> Website:www.blackrockmarketing.com
>
> On 2009-11-09, at 6:04 PM, elspub wrote:
>
>
>
>
>

> > You can also use this action instead of the websearch plugin.http://tr.im/EDqO

[HMayes]

P.S. Don't forget to restart quicksilver after doing this. You may
need to ensure that the catalog is scanning that folder as well, not
sure if it does by default or not.

[Tim Fallis]

Many thanks, Mayes - got it going just fine. What a great addition to a great app. Thanks again.

Best regards.

Timothy J. Fallis
President

Black Rock Marketing Group
101 Duncan Mill Road, Suite #106
Toronto, Ontario, M3B 1Z3

Phone: 416-385-1494 x236
Website: www.blackrockmarketing.com

[HMayes]

No problem Tim. Would you mind telling me what version of OSX you are
using? I'm starting to think there may be a problem with 10.6.2

For anyone who might have some insight, here is the beginning of my
crash log. I seem to remember EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) being a problem
in Leopard when it first came out with PPC applications.

Process: Quicksilver [409]
Path: /Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/MacOS/
Quicksilver
Identifier: com.blacktree.Quicksilver
Version: β56a7 (3825)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [291]

Date/Time: 2009-11-10 13:45:43.558 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: displaysResult


Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x948fcedb objc_msgSend + 27
1 com.blacktree.QSInterface 0x001633e7 -[QSInterfaceController
executeCommand:cont:encapsulate:] + 866
2 com.blacktree.QSInterface 0x00163c13 -[QSInterfaceController
executeCommand:] + 65
3 com.blacktree.QSInterface 0x00177ce4 -[QSSearchObjectView
executeCommand:] + 268
4 com.blacktree.QSInterface 0x00179fca -[QSSearchObjectView
insertNewline:] + 49
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x95685098 -[NSResponder
doCommandBySelector:] + 77
6 com.blacktree.QSInterface 0x0017a5b9 -[QSSearchObjectView
doCommandBySelector:] + 148
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x95673a4f -[NSKeyBindingManager
(NSKeyBindingManager_MultiClients) interpretEventAsCommand:forClient:]
+ 1911
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x956772df -[NSTextInputContext
handleEvent:] + 1604
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x956730b8 -[NSView
interpretKeyEvents:] + 209
10 com.blacktree.QSInterface 0x00178588 -[QSSearchObjectView
keyDown:] + 1566
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x955a7fe0 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] +
5757
12 com.blacktree.QSEffects 0x000bfcd3 -[QSWindow sendEvent:] +
363
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x954c0b2f -[NSApplication
sendEvent:] + 6431
14 com.blacktree.Quicksilver 0x00003788 -[QSApp sendEvent:] +
1107
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x954544ff -[NSApplication run] +
917
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x9544c535 NSApplicationMain + 574
17 com.blacktree.Quicksilver 0x0001b3a5 main + 219
18 com.blacktree.Quicksilver 0x00002a9b _start + 209
19 com.blacktree.Quicksilver 0x000029c9 start + 41

On Nov 10, 12:43 pm, Tim Fallis <tjfal...@blackrockmarketing.com>
wrote:

> >>>> If you don't knowyubnub, read about it here:http://tr.im/D4Ak.

[Tim Fallis]

I'm on SL 10.6.2 - QS seems to be working just fine so far.

Best regards.

Timothy J. Fallis
President

Black Rock Marketing Group
101 Duncan Mill Road, Suite #106
Toronto, Ontario, M3B 1Z3

Phone: 416-385-1494 x236
Website: www.blackrockmarketing.com

[HMayes]

Thanks Tim.

Further investigation reveals that the qSearch script crashes
quicksilver when using any command interface other than Primer. Anyone
have ideas what could be causing that?

-Mayes

On Nov 10, 2:09 pm, Tim Fallis <tjfal...@blackrockmarketing.com>

[Tim Fallis]

Well, I'm using Bezel and it seems to be working fine. Let me know if you want me to send you any screenshots or anything. Remember, I'm a rookie - but if you speak slowly, I'm sure I can figure it out!! Many thanks.

Best regards.

Timothy J. Fallis
President

Black Rock Marketing Group
101 Duncan Mill Road, Suite #106
Toronto, Ontario, M3B 1Z3

Phone: 416-385-1494 x236
Website: www.blackrockmarketing.com

[elspub]

Well, I'm not much for deciphering Console errors. But I use Bezel,
never primer, and it works for me. I'm on 10.6.2 on a 2008 MBP.
Since you have Snow Leopard, I know you have an intel chip, but is it
possible you have the first generation of Intel Macs that are 32-bit
only? It's possible that using a script I compiled (which I think gets
compiled as 64-bit) would crash you.

So two things:
1. I did make a few changes to the script. Maybe they'll help. The
original download link now links to those, or you can just use this:
http://tr.im/D4BS

2. Open the script in Applescript Edior, save it, and quit it.

3. Move it to ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions

4. Restart QS.

Does it work?

[elspub]

Also, though I think this script works better than the websearch
plugin, you can use yubnub with that as well. bookmark:
qss-http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=***

[HMayes]

Hey thanks for the response elspub. I am running a MacBook Pro which
is model "1,1". It is an Intel Core Duo processor, which is 32-bit
only. I guess that would explain why I am having trouble and no one
else is!

I tried your suggestions. I downloaded the updated script, opened it
in applescript editor, compiled it again (just for kicks) and then
saved it. I added it to the scripts folder and restarted quicksilver.
Still crashes on the bezel theme. I guess I'll have to give websearch
a try. Thanks a lot for the help thus far.

-Mayes

[elspub]

Maybe saving it isn't enough. Try hitting the compile button first,
then saving it. Or, open it, select all and copy the whole script.
Then start a new script, paste in the script, and save it as a new
script.

[HMayes]

YES!!! That worked. I am surprised re-compiling it in the same file
didn't work, but what I did was copy it into a new file like you said
and save it with a different name (yubnub). Thanks so much!

-Mayes

[elspub]

That's weird that you have to do it this way... But I'm glad it worked
for you.

Enjoy it. And I recommend checking out some of yubnub's special
commands:
http://yubnub.org/kernel/golden_eggs?args=

[tybe...@googlemail.com]

Hmmm I've got another little question - is it normal for the icon in
the most recent git - (tiennou) - that it looks like 2 icons layed on
top of another??

I remember I didn't have that probem with b54...

Any solution to this one?

Thanks

[Patrick]

Are you sure you don't have 2 QSs running? Open up Activity Monitor
and search for 'Quicksilver'. There should only be one entry.

What exactly do you mean by 'icon'?? and you're talking about b57 yes?

On Dec 1, 10:17 am, "tyber...@googlemail.com"

[CrazyDesi]

I'm having the same problem. Does anyone know how to fix?

On Dec 1, 4:17 am, "tyber...@googlemail.com" <tyber...@googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Hmmm I've got another little question - is it normal for the icon in

> the most recent git - (tiennou) - that it looks like2iconslayed on