[Alfred 2.5 b296] Making a behaviour change in Script Filter "With Space, Argument Optional"

[Andrew]

Hi All,

 

I want to make a little behavioural change for [script] input filters where you have a keyword defined as with space, argument optional. I essentially want to prevent an unnecessary second re-run of the script with argument '' when typing the space following the keyword.

 

Here is what currently happens if you have a keyword 'fruit' set as with space, argument optional.

 

- Type 'fruit' into Alfred, script is run with arg '' and relevant results are shown.

- Type 'fruit ' into Alfred, script is run with arg '' and (I expect) the same results are shown.

- Type 'fruit a' into Alfred, script is run with arg 'a'.

 

With the change, the behaviour would be...

 

- Type 'fruit' into Alfred, script is run with arg '' and relevant results are shown.

- Type 'fruit ' into Alfred, script isn't run again as arg is the same.

- Type 'fruit a' into Alfred, script is run with arg 'a'.

 

Question: Does anybody have a workflow or know of a workflow which would be affected by this specific case, or the case where Alfred prevents re-running the script if the argument is unchanged such as the example above?

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[Carlos-Sz]

I made and used a lot of workflows and I don’t know any that would be affected by this change.

[Andrew]

I've popped this behaviour into Alfred 2.5 b296 pre-release... if people wouldn't mind updating to the pre-release and checking that their workflows still operate as expected, I'd very much appreciate it

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[Florian]

I had only one workflow in mind that could have had a problem (because it was using the first step to launch a php server so that all subsequent queries would trigger faster). No problem with the latest 296 update. :-)

[Carlos-Sz]

I have just updated and so far so good.

[rice.shawn]

If anyone coded a workflow that would be affected by this change, then that would be strange. I can't imagine a real, practical difference between a null argument and a whitespace argument with anything that I've seen here.