forgetfulfellow

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any experience in the area of non-latin characters in Alfred, specifically Korean.

So when I put in 려 into the terminal and feed it into a python program like

python script.py  려

I print out the unicode of the character and get:

려 == '\xeb\xa0\xa4'

Yet when I put 려 into Alfred with the query variable:

python script.py "{query}"

I get:

ᄅ ᅧ == '\xe1\x84\x85\xe1\x85\xa7'

This second output is actually two characters, or the two characters that make up the single character.

Does anyone know how I can force Alfred to return the first version of the character?

thank you for looking into the problem.

There are another imessage workflows available in the forum. and some of them do find contacts in korean.

i cant read or write codes so have no idea now they do it.

 

and where can i find the help section?

By 'help section' I meant more of a Q&A section, which is at http://www.alfredforum.com/forum/13-workflow-help-questions/

I'll put a post up and hopefully somebody will get back to me on it

Actually... I realized that Alfred already has this built in feature in their workflows. It's under "Actions -> Open File"

Ok, so I narrowed down the issue with korean (or at least I can reproduce the problem).

When I put in 려 into the terminal I get the unicode:

려 == '\xeb\xa0\xa4'

Yet when I put this into Alfred, I get:

ᄅ ᅧ == '\xe1\x84\x85\xe1\x85\xa7'

I'll put this into the 'help' section, but basically Alfred is decomposing the Korean word into its individual parts. (Don't know what to call them officially because I'm not familiar with Korean)

korean please.

I actually just uploaded a working copy that I've verified working for Japanese and Chinese characters, but Korean characters are just not working. I can't tell if it's an issue with Alfred or my python dictionary. The Korean Characters make it to the database (text file),  and I have no idea why they aren't being picked up when searched for. I'll be looking into this in the next couple of days, but I can't make any guarantees

Just wondering, is there any way to restrict file types in the File Action trigger? For example, "show for all types of files EXCEPT folders"

Thanks for the workflow! Would you mind if I added on my own improvements? Like opening up a file, as well as cleaning up the iterm opening process (new iTerm window doesn't open when all windows are closed but iTerm has not been quit). Also, I don't believe that this workflow is able to open up folder paths that have names of more than one word? example: user/myname/a folder/

Hi,

I'm currently using a workflow that does not work at desired. I try to open a specific location in iterm using the specific applescript 

tell the last session
            write text "cd " & q & "; clear; pwd"
        end tell

/Users/MyName/Downloads

/Users/MyName/Git Projects/Project1

doesn't work.

Does anybody with applescript and iterm knowledge know the fix? 

Thanks,

Nolan

hi. i just downloaed and tried to use the workflow. this imessage workflow has the best UI.

but i have one small request. you imu imports all the contacts from the osx address list but any contacts that are not in english doesnt appear in the search list.

any idea how i can make non-english contacts appear in the search list?

Hey dodgymin,

This problem has been on the stack for a while. Can I ask what language you would like supported?

Thanks!

Hey,

One "minor" solution that doesn't solve all your problems, but makes it a little bit quicker:

PopClip is an app on the Mac that brings a handy toolbar to view whenever you highlight a piece of text. There's an Alfred add-on for pop clip that sends the text exactly to the Alfred bar. You still have to type in your command, but I guess that this makes it a "little" quicker?

Feel free to tell me if this still doesn't work, so I can get a better picture of your problem. 

I'd love a workflow like http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/917-reminders/ that works with Google Tasks http://mail.google.com/mail/help/tasks/

Hey Cooper,

This actually looks like a quite interesting idea! I created a really trivial google voice alfred workflow, and so the google API isn't too foreign to me. If anyone is not in the works on this, then I'd love to take a crack at it. However, I can't guarantee any real progress unless I have about a month to work on this, since I'm in college.

Workflow doesn't support not latin characters in contact names.

Just to make sure, could I get an example of your problem? Like which contact name for you is my workflow failing on?

Workflow doesn't support not latin characters in contact names.

I actually never expected the day that people might use this app for non-english purposes (me being a silly American). I'm not exactly sure how I'll approach this, but I"ll see what I can do! Thanks for the feedback

Hopefully this looks promising for you
 

If it does, tell me! I might want to use it too

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/applescript/0596008503/manipulating-text/applescripttmm-chp-4-sect-2

I appreciate you being willing to look into things.  I know that I can use the extension to send through iMessage, which (as I understand) is the ML/Mav version of iChat.

Hey gvantass,

My app seems to at least work with Google Talk; however my app favors contacting people through iMessage phone numbers over Jabber. If you have ever only contacted the person through Jabber and not with a phone number, I believe the keyword "im" should work?

In the coming weeks, I think I'll add a Jabber keyword for these other services

I downloaded your file and it came as an XML. Is that normal? I'm not sure how to apply it

What's the chance that this can be updated to include Jabber users?  I can get it to send to jabber contacts via ".." but not directly, as far as I can tell.

 

Specifically, I want to send messages through my Facebook chat via Jabber

Thanks!

Hey gvantass,

I actually created this extension around iMessage (texts and phone numbers), and I'm not exactly sure how this integrates with things like iChat, Facebook, etc. I actually am not even sure how to get that started... But I'll look into it! No promises though

Ok, it doesn't work anymore : /

 

messages.app give me back this error

 

"Your message doesn't have any recipients" or it's trying to send the msg with an email address not registered with iMessage, instead of the mobile number

 

I've tried imu, reinstall etc...

I just did a pretty huge update on my extension! Alfred should be much more accurate in choosing the associated number. Could you get back to me to see if it works now?

What about email addresses? I hate when people know my email address I use for iMessage but send messages to my mobile number, cause Apple still has problems with syncing up and unifying the chat history. I'd even go to a manual process! I'm only messaging a handful of people (and groups of them) on a regular basis anyway.

Are you asking about using email addresses instead of phone numbers to send out messages? I actually did quite a big overhaul last night on my extension which prioritized previous iMessage phone numbers over non-iMessage numbers. However I also realized that I can prioritize email addresses as well. The only problem is that if a contact is associated with an iMessage phone number AND iMessage email address, I will have to prioritize your phone number. 

Hmm can't get it to work, it shows me a lot of contacts, but they aren't mine, could they be yours? http://c.adu.dk/SgrS

Hi @firezemissile Thanks, I tried - but nothing happens None of my contacts is showing up

Doh! Thanks Aduco for the heads up; that was a huge mistake on my part. I can't believe I did that...

And firezemissle's advice is correct to run the keyword "imu". It should create a log of phone numbers and contacts in a text file (that should replace mine). However, since you've already done that and it doesn't work, do you receive the error notification "Contacts Not Updated Successfully. Please check forum post for possible reasons"?

To my knowledge, this error primarily occurs because your contact names have a comma in them. I created a complimentary keyword "findcontactswithcommas" that will display contacts that have commas in them. Since I use the "comma" as a delimiter in my program, this usually causes problems. Also it helps people clean up their contact list too

Sharing is caring so thank you. 

 

I also notice that the workflow prioritizes facebook email addresses. If a contact has one it uses that. I bet that you can skip every @facebook.com address without limiting potential since, i guess, no one uses their facebook for imessage 

I'm actually quite baffled as to why iMessage chooses these obviously wrong email addresses to use. Since I only feed in actual contact names to iMessage, I leave it up to iMessage to pick the sending medium (email or phone number). As of now, I'm working on a way to better force iMessage to choose; I'll try to post it up in a couple days

Yes, that's exactly what i am saying! Below screenshot shows proof - sent a message to myself through your workflow

 

http://j.mp/18gX4qn

 

Edit: 

 

After some testing i've figured when i iMessage myself it will forward that same message to the last "real recipient" as well.

 

I hope you sort the issue regarding non-iMessage entries. Take care.

Thanks for the picture; since this is my first big workflow, I'm taking some time out of each day to debug it. I'm not exactly sure why it's sending to the last recipient, and I'll update you when I find a fix.

I also updated my workflow to get some small bugs out of the way (which are in the change log above). Thanks for "testing" this app out; I don't think I would have been able to really understand an alfred workflow (and applescript) without you guys

From my point of view the script should filter out non-iM numbers to be perfect. 

 

Yeah, definitely! I'm definitely trying to get there, but the problem is that iMessage only recognizes an iMessage contact after it has sent the text to the number. I'm trying to study online to see if I can find a solution, but I haven't found anything yet

Your work has potential mate. From my point of view the script should filter out non-iM numbers to be perfect. For now i'll just use it for my contacts which i can recall if a number is iM compatible or not. 

 

Thanks for sharing. It's much appreciated

 

Edit:

i'm not sure if this problem is at my end, we'll see. It seems like the script is sending the given message to the right contact though sending the exact same message to the most recent convo ditto. Anyone else having this issue? (im just using command  "im <contact> <msg>")

 

Using latest 2.1.1 version with powerpack and mavericks

Hey, I just saw your post. Are you saying that the workflow is sending two messages? (One to the desired recipient, and one to the most recent?) I just tested it out on my system, and it seems ok (but I'm seeing more and more that my own machine is not definitive)

Ok, it doesn't work anymore : /

 

messages.app give me back this error

 

"Your message doesn't have any recipients" or it's trying to send the msg with an email address not registered with iMessage, instead of the mobile number

 

I've tried imu, reinstall etc...

So to outline my procedure: I basically just feed a name into iMessage and "trust" iMessage to pick the correct number. For me, 4 out of 5 times, it chooses correctly. (I know that isn't a great statistic, but as of this moment, I'm not sure how else to improve it). Currently, there isn't a way to extract the correct iMessage number out of a contact. I'm trying to see how to force iMessage to choose correctly, and I'll get back to you when I figure something out.