Jasondm007

wrote a alfred workflow for it. Here it is: https://github.com/V2arK/alfred-warp-intergration/

There are some plans for additional URI, but no ETA from Warp team.

Yeah, but it can't read UTF8 ARGV or environment variables properly. It assumes everything is MacRoman encoding.
 
You can either add some shell scripting to your AS, or use a less awful language.
 
set _decoded to do shell script "echo " & quoted form of (system attribute "SOME_VARIABLE") & " | iconv -f UTF-8-MAC -t MACROMAN"
 

Actually it would likely be a trivial task to just add an option on this snippet level to `Mark as transient ` when creating a snippet. Which defaulting to that is like what they already do. 

Indeed it looks like it needs the full Xcode for that part of the workflow to run. Kind of a heavy requirement but not much we can do. If you uninstall it after the dictionary creation, it should continue to work.

As a quick fix, you could create the sdef for dt3 in the terminal. Then you just have to move it to a place where the workflow can detect it.
 
sdef /Applications/DEVONthink\ 3.app > DEVONthink3.sdef  

Not exactly, because the workflow also depends on knowing where the app is so it can show the proper name and icon.

But the sdef command is a good idea! I can’t just make it work for DEVONthink and other apps though because running it always opens the app. Which is a weird experience if your cache is rebuilding and suddenly a bunch of apps open. I went back and forth with a few options and ultimately decided on a Universal Action approach.
 
@Jasondm007 Please update from within Alfred and try the new version. Use the Generate AppleScript Dictionary action on DEVONthink and it’ll show up in the workflow from then on.
 
I’ve also removed the :applescriptdictionariesforceupdate in favour of updating with fn↩ on any result.

Yeah, I found those when I poked around but unfortunately opening them didn’t work like with sdefs.

Hi @vitor - This is an awesome workflow! Thanks for sharing!!
 
I have a couple of apps whose AppleScript dictionaries work perfectly fine (and are visible in the Script Editor's Library pane) but aren't visible in the workflow's output. Do you have any suggestions for troubleshooting these apps? For example, one dictionary that I use quite a bit, which won't load correctly, is DEVONthink 3. The other apps are all really minor; DEVONthink 3 is, really, the only important one.
 
Thanks for any help you can lend, and for the great workflow!

It would be great if the right pane of the clipboard history (the preview side) could allow to scroll to read all the contained text when it is longer than the available space. Sometimes we could have multiple clipboard contents that have some changes further down where we can't see it so we can't really know which one to choose. There's the Large Type (CMD+L) that make it possible sometimes, but other times the text is too long to make it readable using Large Type. So, adding the possibility to scroll the preview would be great! Thanks 

@s95hc8 Are you still looking for a way to run a Finder fallback search?
 
I came across your post today when searching for some help with something else, and I thought you might find the following workflow helpful: 
 
https://gofile.io/d/dqJ7fx
 
It's a simplified version of a workflow that I use to run Finder searches. In the past, I used to rely on a hacky GUI based approach, but this one works a lot better. It uses the Spotlight service; so, assuming you haven't deleted it, you should be in good shape. If you're curious, it's the service that pops up when you highlight text and select Spotlight from the context menu. It also doesn't matter what the actual hotkey is for it (System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services > Searching > Spotlight).
 
Here's the basic setup (fallback search trigger + run script action):
 

 
And, here's the key AppleScript:
 
use AppleScript version "2.4" use framework "Foundation" use framework "AppKit" use scripting additions on run argv set theQuery to argv as string set pb to current application's NSPasteboard's pasteboardWithUniqueName() pb's clearContents() pb's writeObjects:{theQuery} set theResult to current application's NSPerformService("SEARCH_WITH_SPOTLIGHT", pb) pb's types() set theArray to pb's readObjectsForClasses:{current application's NSString} options:(missing value) set theString to theArray's firstObject() as text end run # Adapted From: https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/nsperformservice-in-applescript/836  
Cheers!

You don’t set it to space, you set it to '. Because when you have Quick Search enabled, that’s the character that gets output. Make sure your File Filter has with space disabled.

@xilopaint is building a Python3 library for workflows. One of the things it allows you is to call a notification with the workflow’s icon. Which is exactly what notificator does, so that’s what the library uses—it includes the full script. I was letting @xilopaint know I made an update, so the library could be updated to ship the latest version (which is the one I support).

I don’t use tags, so can’t say.

Add them to the Spotlight Privacy tab in System Preferences.

Worth noting it is now just a script, thought it used to be an app. It has gotten a major overhaul since the conversation in this thread. It used to be more generic and do some of what you ask but it required a setup process. Since realistically I only used it for Alfred (and that was always the motivation), I removed the configuration so it can just be “download and use”.

With that in mind, your requests are technically possible but out of scope. Though the whole thing is a single short script with comments so you can edit it to your needs.
 
 
To display a different icon you need to build a different app. That’s essentially what the script does, it creates the app which is then invoked.
 
 
It is auto-rebuilt if it’s older than 30 days when called, so a changed icon is eventually renewed.
 
 
Yes, by making several copies of the script and changing the constants under # Check for required arguments to something else.
 
 
Same as above, by changing the app’s name. This one I will change the default, to name apps as Notification for WORKFLOW_NAME.app. Should make them easier to identify in Preferences. I’d like to keep “Notificator” at the start so they’re all together and easy to find.
 
Pinging @xilopaint for the Python3 library inclusion. Just pushed the change.
 
 
Thank you for the kind words!

Nice share @Jasondm007. Do you have the workflow published somewhere to receive contributions? The code can be shorter, some of the lines aren’t doing anything:
 
use framework "Foundation" on run argv set theQuery to argv as string set pb to current application's NSPasteboard's pasteboardWithUniqueName() pb's clearContents() pb's writeObjects:{theQuery} set theResult to current application's NSPerformService("SEARCH_WITH_SPOTLIGHT", pb) end run  

Hi @Jasondm007! I didn't notice the "Action in Alfred" there, it is what I needed, thank you for pointing out for me!
 
I'm still same with you, like to be able to see all the actions being added.

Hi @KennyP! Since posting this, @Andrew added the "Jump to" option to the "Action in Alfred" action, created Universal Actions, and even further improved things in Alfred 5. I think most of the key default actions are now accessible directly using "Action in Alfred" (with the "Jump to" option) or indirectly through other tools. But I'm sure there are still plenty of exceptions.
 
Which file action did you want to use directly in your workflow? I'm not great with these things, but maybe I could help.
 
FWIW: I'm with you, and would still like to see all of the default Universal Actions added directly to the "Jump to" dropdown in "Action in Alfred" (which was, in effect, what I was asking for above in #2). It would make things a lot easier than having to poke around and find what you're looking for. Cheers!

@s95hc8 Are you still looking for a way to run a Finder fallback search?
 
I came across your post today when searching for some help with something else, and I thought you might find the following workflow helpful: 
 
https://gofile.io/d/dqJ7fx
 
It's a simplified version of a workflow that I use to run Finder searches. In the past, I used to rely on a hacky GUI based approach, but this one works a lot better. It uses the Spotlight service; so, assuming you haven't deleted it, you should be in good shape. If you're curious, it's the service that pops up when you highlight text and select Spotlight from the context menu. It also doesn't matter what the actual hotkey is for it (System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services > Searching > Spotlight).
 
Here's the basic setup (fallback search trigger + run script action):
 

 
And, here's the key AppleScript:
 
use AppleScript version "2.4" use framework "Foundation" use framework "AppKit" use scripting additions on run argv set theQuery to argv as string set pb to current application's NSPasteboard's pasteboardWithUniqueName() pb's clearContents() pb's writeObjects:{theQuery} set theResult to current application's NSPerformService("SEARCH_WITH_SPOTLIGHT", pb) pb's types() set theArray to pb's readObjectsForClasses:{current application's NSString} options:(missing value) set theString to theArray's firstObject() as text end run # Adapted From: https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/nsperformservice-in-applescript/836  
Cheers!

I would love to be able to directly access all of Alfred's default file actions in my workflows.
 
@Andrew recently added some awesome new actions for the buffer - and, Alfred already included some of the other default file actions, like Reveal and Browse - but I'd love to be able to access other default file actions, too - such as Open With, Recent Documents, etc. At the moment, if you want to access these without extra steps, you have to use GUI-based approaches that type the file action's name into the File Action panel, which are always imminently fragile and problematic.
 
There are a variety of ways this could be implemented, but here are some early thoughts:
Create a new action, in the Actions section - perhaps called Run File Action - where the user can use a drop down to select the file action they would like to run on the file paths that are being passed to it. You might think of it as a more specific application of the "Action in Alfred" action. At a minimum, the dropdown should be populated by whatever file actions the user has enabled (Features > Actions > File Actions). However, if you wanted to get fancy, it'd be even better if the dropdown included both Alfred's file actions AND any the user has created. In theory, the dropdown might operate something like Alfred's "Call External" output, except that it is displaying Alfred's default file actions and any the user created.  Add a new option in the "Action in Alfred" action, which includes a dropdown allowing the user to specify the action that will be run on the file paths included above. The dropdown could operate like either of the options described above (just default file actions or include the user's file actions, too). Unless the user enables this option, of course, the default would be to send the file paths to Alfred's File Actions panel, allowing the user to select for themselves (i.e., the same way they do now). Add a new option to the "Call External Trigger" output that allows the user to access Alfred's default file actions Provide AppleScript access - enhance this existing "actions" command. Example: tell application "Alfred" to action OpenWith theFilePaths  
If I had to choose from these options, I'd probably go with the first or second option. But I honestly don't care how it gets accomplished! And, while I didn't include it above, if you really wanted to step things up, I would include some kind of error feedback mechanism - such as a notification, etc - for when users pass file paths to file actions they should not have - such as when they've passed more than one file to an action that can only handle one file, or when the file action is tied to a specific file type that does not match the files the user is trying to pass to it. Again, these are just fancy bells and whistles, I'm not picky here!!
 
@Andrew Is there any way we can get better access to Alfred's default file actions? 🙏 They're great, and I'd like to start tapping in to these more - as opposed to trying to recreate them myself, in a workflow, or going to GUI route. As always, thanks for your consideration! Long Live Alfred!!

Hi @Ingolmo - I'm new to Alfred, and was wondering if you ever figured out how to use more than one keyword in a script filter? 
 
I'd like to avoid duplicating the script filter a bunch of times with different keywords (within the same workflow), and haven't come across any discussions of this issue beyond your post.
 
Thanks for your help!!

Congrats on the big release today, @Andrew & @Vero! You guys rock!!

Congrats on the big release today, @Andrew & @Vero! You guys rock!!

Thanks a ton for the update, @xilopaint!! Love this workflow!