_mk_

Image Dimensions

The workflow is based on the Alfred v1 extensions created by Don Southard. It was modified to work with Alfred 2 and to handle multiple files at once. The workflow can be updated using Alleyoop.

Features

This workflow shows the dimensions of one or more selected images. It works as

• Alfred File Action
• Based on current Finder Selection

Installation

Download from GitHub and import into Alfred 2.

Usage

Hotkeys

• ⇧⌥I - Show dimensions of images selected in Finder

Actions

The following actions are available on the file row of the result view:

• ENTER: Copy file path (incl. filename) to clipboard
• ALT+ENTER: Copy filename to clipboard
• CMD+ENTER: Copy the file itself to clipboard

I think a Folder Action would better suit your needs to convert a document to PDF and move it to your dropbox folder.

Basically you could also use a Folder Action to invoke a specific Alfred Workflow:

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
    tell application "Finder"
        repeat with i from 1 to number of items in these_items
            set this_item to item i of these_items
            set the path_string to this_item as string
            set the final_path to POSIX path of the path_string
            tell application "Alfred 2" to search "<workflow keyword> " & final_path
        end repeat
    end tell
end adding folder items to

You could basically use

/usr/bin/lp <file>

This should work with lots of doc types.

I like the grey one.

Here we go. The following actions are available on the file:

• ENTER: Copy file path (incl. filename) to clipboard
• ALT+ENTER: Copy filename to clipboard
• CMD+ENTER: Copy the file itself to clipboard

Download

I'll add Alleyoop support and move the workflow to GitHub this evening or tomorrow.

Thanks. Validating regular expressions will be a lot more fun with your workflow.

Just a small update to handle multiple selected files at once:

Download

Please download the script again. Use the Hotkey to get the dimensions of the selected image in Finder.

⇧⌥I

This is awesome _mk_. 

 

Thank you so much!

 

I was hoping you could make a tweak or two if possible?

 

I have a database that has all my email in it. (about 14,000 emails.) When I want to find anything other than an email I am flooded with emails because there are so many. Is it possible to either specify a database to search in or add some syntax to potentially include operators like "-", perhaps quotes for phrases, or a wildcard like "*"?  If *any* (I don't need all, I just need a way to filter things a bit) of the following search strings were possible it would be heaven:

1. devon strategy*.pages
2. devon "strategy document"
3. devon <databasename> strategy
4. devon strategy -mailto:

Are any of these possible? Any single one would make it perfect. Unfortunately, due to the overwhelming amount of content I have in my databases, there's just too much to be able to use a simple keyword search and get relevant results.

 

If it's not possible or if it's a huge pain in the arse, no problem, I just thought it was worth asking.

 

Thanks!

A database switch is already on my todo list. I'll have a look at the rest.

Thanks for the replies guys.

 

 

Can you explain how to use this workflow Marko? I've selected a file within finder then actioned Alfred and typed 'dim' with no results so far. Should i be doing something differently? Does the file need to be located within Alfred? Appreciate the assistance!

It is currently configured to be used as an Alfred File Action. I can add Finder support this evening.

Give this one a try. 

Hi _mk_, perfect....just read it and seems very interesting.

 

Looking forward to your next posts as I will see how easy it will be to implement this system since I have waaaayyyyyy so many projects.

 

Thanks!!!!

Having many projects is not a problem. Agile Results will help you to focus on the three most important ones at a time.

I hope to finish the second part of the series sometime this week but I want to finish the new version of the workflow first.

DEVONthink Document Search

This workflow helps you to find your DEVONthink documents from within Alfred. It supports DEVONthink Personal as well as DEVONthink Pro (with multiple databases).

Installation

Download from GitHub and import into Alfred 2.

Usage

Keywords

• Search in all databases

devon [your search string]

• Search in specific database

devondb [your search string]

• Refresh DEVONthink datanase list
  
  The association between database names and uuids can only be obtained via AppleScript. This is done automatically if you run the "devondb" command for the first time. The information is then cached for better performance. If you add a new DEVONthink database later on, you'll have to run the "devondb!" command to refresh the database list.

devondb!

The first post of my series "Getting Results the Agile Way with OmniFocus" is online. You can check it out on my blog.

I am currently writing a small series of blog posts on that matter. I hope that I can finish the first part this weekend.

I think the AS solution is a bit overkill just to get the user locale. Doing the re-normalisation of the query with Andrews tool and getting the locale with

export LANG="$(defaults read -g AppleLocale).UTF-8" 

seems the be the easier solution for me. That way you can also avoid the logic to find the workflow directory.

+1 for respecting the user locale in Bash scripts.

The issue with the non-ANSI chars was already discussed here and here. The unexpected encoding is due to the decomposition done by NSTask. There is already a workaround for this in the topics.

_mk_ actually, it takes me to my inbox perspective....does not matter which perspective I choose on Alfred to focus on, it always goes to this one perspective.

I found the error and will fix it with the next release. In the meantime you can fix it on your own:

1. Open the workflow in Alfred
2. The .offv Script Filter has two outgoing connections. Open the Run Script at the CMD connection.
3. Uncheck all escape checkboxes other than "double quotes"

Not in that context/project they don't — they are in a single-action bucket. They're where I shove one-off "ASAP" tasks. 

 

I put a bogus task in my Inbox, and I can '.ofti' and see it.  There are no projects or contexts assigned.

So the issue seems to be, that you already assigned a project to your tasks but left them in the inbox. Do you have automatic removal from inbox activated in OF only when a project AND context is assigned?

No errors, it just returns nothing.

 

 

 

<?xml version='1.0'?><items>
</items>
 

Do the tasks have future start dates? drking had a similar problem. Could you try to process your inbox and add new tasks?

I'm using 2.4 of the workflow and I'm still not getting the hang of the matching. I am using everything as-bundled and default:

 

.ofti returns nothing:

 

 

If I just do .oft I see the options for OmniFocus including Inbox:

 

 

When I try to view the items in a Project called "Firewall Requests" I get this:

 

 

 

 

A shot of my Workflow showing the keywords:

 

Version 2.4 includes debug output now. There should be a log file for every keyword. Could you please have a look inside the workflow folder and check if any of the logs contains error messages?

Can you send me a screenshot of the settings of one of the non-working ones. Maybe I can reproduce the issue and then fix it.

_mk_ actually, it takes me to my inbox perspective....does not matter which perspective I choose on Alfred to focus on, it always goes to this one perspective.

Did you try one of OF's built-in perspectives like Flagged or Projects? It works perfectly for me with all my perspectives.

Version 2.4 is available:

• search for folders
• show tasks in folder
• use CMD to focus project, context, folder, perspective in OmniFocus instead of showing the tasks
• bugfixes

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but when I type .ofti, I think I'm supposed to get a view of my inbox, correct?  Right now, I have 11 tasks in my inbox, but only 3 are showing up with this keyword.

 

Thanks for a great workflow and any guidance you can provide me.

Do your missing tasks have a future start date or are they sub-tasks?