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Regardless of file type?

In any case, you can do this by creating a custom File Action.

See https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/triggers/file-action/ and https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/triggers/file-action/

You can just replace all the references in info.plist to Alfred 2 with Alfred & it will work.  Except the .taglist is taking eons to complete. 

Here's my version (the bash script anyway)

pbpaste | /usr/local/bin/bbedit --clean --view-top

It gives a more Drafts-like experience by using the --clean option - you can just close the window when you're done and forget about it, no messing around with filenames.

On 7/18/2019 at 10:22 AM, woz_one said:

Wondering if it is possible to exclude results from a recent items list if the parent folder has a specific name (*not necessarily a specific path*)?

 

With Ableton Live 10, automatic backups are made every so often and so they now populate the recent items list. Each project has a separate folder called 'Backup' that I'd like to exclude the results from. Does anyone know if this is possible?

 

Thanks in advance! 😄

I'd use Hazel to automatically add an alfred:ignore tag to those items - unless you really want them to show elsewhere or you don't use Hazel...

@Carlos-Sz would it be possible for you to post the AppleScript source somewhere for those of us who don't have Script Debugger?  The .scpt files don't even open in Script Editor (on Mojave).

At the end of this thread there’s an example of trying to target multiple PDF apps (Skim, Preview and Devonthink) with a single Applescript - it’s doable but requires a lot of testing and customizing - unfortunately Applescript grammar isn’t standard even for these most basic tasks.

I was hopeful but it still produces a silence, even with the sound option off in notifications and no new notifications.  And as soon as I navigate to another site, the radio comes back on.

Just noticed something very odd.  When I have my phone plugged into CarPlay and navigate to the Alfred Forum site, my head unit, which was playing the radio, went silent.  It only does this when there's something on a web page playing audio or video.  Is there a hidden video or something playing here?

On 10/21/2015 at 9:02 PM, DRM said:

How would one make a workflow that opens a file in a new Finder window when Finder is not currently open - but opens a file in a new Finder TAB when a Finder window is already open?

 

Thank you!!

 see

Cue the complaints: why is Alfred littering my file system with random 0 byte files with no extension?

Alternatively you can use Fake, http://fakeapp.com/ , by the developer of Fluid, which lets you use Applescript to control browser interactions.  I use this in a lot of workflows to semi-automate interactions with Blackboard courseware.

this script will let you import in bulk from csv:

https://github.com/derickfay/import-alfred-snippets

You need to set the hotkey to trigger it yourself - Alfred strips custom hotkeys on import to avoid creating conflicts.

I've used Skim since 2005, before Preview added annotations, so it's largely a matter of inertia.  But it also has better AppleScript capabilities for getting notes out than anything else I've tried

I was trying to get the app icons but they weren't showing up despite using (what I think was) the correct json.  So I gave up and used the generic 4 square icon.

The "All Tags..." control would need to be addressed through GUI scripting.  I tried a bit with no success.

Cool, thanks - I expect there will be a lot of similar quirks depending on how apps extend the base classes in applescript, but haven’t had the time to do further testing etc.

Unfortunately Readdle seems to have no interest in making their apps scriptable - I had a brief email exchange with them after PDF Expert beta for Mac launched & they’ve done nothing since.  

The easiest way to do this will probably be to use Drafts for web searches and Copied for your clipboard.  You can also use Copied to replicate Alfred snippet groups (but not the triggers).

Perhaps the technique here will work for you - not exactly the same but it lets you customize workflows by machine:

Variant here:

Here, try this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cn5blbpf4flq70g/Active Windows.alfredworkflow?dl=0

If you don't have Skim installed it may crash.  If so, try setting the environment variable to just Preview

This is proving to be more complicated....getting window details is easy and standardized but what you can and can’t do with the window varies by app.

Yeah I’m actually working on a workflow that will do this, with any app that supports Applescript including preview. Might be a week before i can get it done.

Two quick ways are 1) type ~ (the Unix abbreviation for the user home directory) and it'll bring you into your home dir and you can use ⌘ & number keys to navigate to Desktop, Downloads etc.

2) type 'Downloads or 'Desktop (typing the single quote before the folder name).  This assumes you have turned on Features > File Search > Quick Search

Is there a recommended directory structure etc. for sharing workflows on GitHub?  

2 hours ago, Jasondm007 said:

Do you have a workflow - or know of another's workflow - that displays and searches for open Finder tabs?

Just added one to this workflow, keyword is fat - Finder active tabs - because FT kept bringing up FaceTime.

The only catch is that AppleScript treats every tab as a separate window, so if you have multiple windows, they will all appear in the results.

Well that lets me get the existing config

{
  "alfredworkflow" : {
    "config" : {
      "textcolor" : "",
      "backgroundcolor" : "",
      "largetypetext" : "{query}",
      "alignment" : 0,
      "fadespeed" : 50,
      "font" : "",
      "fillmode" : 1
    }
  }
}

But adding a JSON Config object before the Large Type object with a different value for font doesn't affect the result.

@Andrew is this expected behaviour?

Yes, that's what I was hoping.  I looked at the snippet viewer and the snippet keyword results with an RTF snippet, and neither shows the formatting.

On 6/7/2019 at 10:34 AM, deanishe said:

In a Large Type? If so, you can use a JSON Config to change the font used.

Hmm I've tried this at your suggestion but am guessing in the dark as to the JSON to use - is it documented somewhere?