lycopodiopsida
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lycopodiopsida reacted to pontus in Double down on JXA and Shell Script coding
The run script workflow object has always been the integral piece in all advanced workflows (to be honest a workflow with more than 10-15 objects is a nightmare even if you just want to edit a trigger).
Why not make the run script object into a mini IDE with a couple of environments:
- Apple automation
- select language (JXA or apple script)
- explore app dictionaries
- explore and support UI accessibility scripting with built in tools
- included framework for interacting with Alfred (items, settings etc)
- Shell environment
- zsh is default in macos so could be limited to that
- separate outputs for stdout, errout
- native support for file handling, text output etc.
- included framework for interacting with Alfred (items, settings etc)
If it seems a bit too much, I would be very happy with just syntax highlighting
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from Brka in Automatic triggers for Alfred
Since we are moving in a new amazing direction, are there plans to introduce more automatic triggers, e.g. do something based on application focus switch or application activated?
I am aware that it also a scope thing - such things can be done with Keyboard Maestro, Hammerspoon and BTT. However, since we are already moving in that direction with window management and all these applications use the same API, why not? In the end, it can mean 1 app less to buy/configure for some people and also more sophisticated workflows in general.
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from Terminal in Automatic triggers for Alfred
Since we are moving in a new amazing direction, are there plans to introduce more automatic triggers, e.g. do something based on application focus switch or application activated?
I am aware that it also a scope thing - such things can be done with Keyboard Maestro, Hammerspoon and BTT. However, since we are already moving in that direction with window management and all these applications use the same API, why not? In the end, it can mean 1 app less to buy/configure for some people and also more sophisticated workflows in general.
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from devalias in Multiple keywords to trigger the same script filter?
There is kind of search now in Alfred 4 - with "?" keyword you can find workflows too, but it will not show you the keywords and if you activate workflows found, it will just open them in the workflow editor. You can user this workflow instead as a workaround for now: http://www.packal.org/workflow/alfred-keyword-help and hope that at some point we don't have to rely solely on keywords
As an idea - it would already help, if search in workflow names could be configured as one of the default fallbacks.
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from devalias in Multiple keywords to trigger the same script filter?
I would also say, that allowing search with the name of the workflow would be a better solution. I can memorise maybe 5-6 workflows I use on the regular basis, but I have no chance to remember abbreviations for the rest of them. Launchbar makes it right - I can assign abbreviations, but I will always find them also via the usual "fuzzy search"-like entry. Since Alfred these days relies so much on workflows, we need a better way to find them.
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lycopodiopsida reacted to xilopaint in Alfred 5
I love Alfred but the worst part of it is debugging. I would love to have a vscode extension which outputs in the console's editor the same content as Alfred Debugger. It would make the development experience much less annoying as we can focus in a single app (vscode).
@Vero @Andrew
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from CWM in Newbie question - Workflows relying on Python 2
It seems, that macOS 12.3 (the last update) finally removed python2 from the system. The decision to do it in minor release is questionable, but it is what it is. A surprising number of older workflows is still written in python2 and authors never bothered to port them to python3.
You could install python2 manually, but it is not really advisable, since it received no updates/patches for 2 years and is a potential security issue. Other than that, there are not so many options: port the workflow to python3 by yourself, wait for author to do so or look for another.
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lycopodiopsida reacted to Vero in Alfred 4.5 Beta: Take a first look at Universal Actions
Happy Monday all!
After some intense development, Alfred 4.5 is here with a huge new feature called Universal Actions.
Take a look at the beta page here for all the details, and a download link:
https://www.alfredapp.com/universal-actions/
We've included a built-in workflow (under [+] > Getting Started > Universal Actions) to get you started, and we can't wait to see what custom actions you create
Cheers,
Vero & Andrew
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lycopodiopsida reacted to cleobis in Calendar Workflow
I believe I have resolved the crash. Formatting is a bit wonky and still needs to be fixed.
https://github.com/cleobis/alfred-cal
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lycopodiopsida reacted to Alan He in Adding AirDrop Support to Alfred
you can have a try.
Now, it is only simplified, right click=》 share=》airdrop operation
https://github.com/alanhg/alfred-workflows/blob/master/airdrop/Airdrop.alfredworkflow
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lycopodiopsida reacted to deanishe in Run macOS Services
Run macOS services from Alfred…
on the current selection on the clipboard contents
on files via a File Action
Installation
Download the latest version from GitHub and double-click to install.
Usage
Use keyword services to run a service on the current contents of the clipboard. Configure the included Hotkeys to run a service on the current selection or clipboard contents. Use the macOS Services File Action to run on selected files in Alfred.
For more info, see the README on GitHub.
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lycopodiopsida reacted to deanishe in Firefox Assistant
Like Safari Assistant, but for Firefox.
Download from GitHub.
Search Firefox bookmarks Search Firefox browsing history Run bookmarklets Activate & close tabs Add you own custom scripts
The workflow requires you to install a corresponding Firefox extension in order to communicate with Firefox.
After installing the workflow, run ffass > Install Firefox Extension to get the extension. Once the extension is installed, everything should just work.
The workflow is fairly customisable. You can add your own URL actions via scripts, set custom icons, and assign URL & tab actions and bookmarklets to alternate hotkeys.
See the documentation for details.
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from fcalazans in create new folder
Hi,
I've uploaded it to github, see my post in this thread:
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lycopodiopsida reacted to deanishe in firefox bookmark search
The workflow above should suffice, then, assuming it works for you…
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from deanishe in firefox bookmark search
This is not necessary true. People in web development have basically stopped to test websites in other browsers. And if an issue appears, the first question is always "can it be reproduced in chrome", as if anything not appearing in chrome is a browser bug. For a monopoly you don't have to kill other browsers, just render them significantly less useful for users. Safari, too, is not safe anymore, since the webkit !== blink.
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lycopodiopsida reacted to Acidham in Search Alfred Workflows (Alfred 4)
Search Alfred Workflows
Alfred Workflows help to search in Title, Keyword, Description of a workflow and open it in various actions.
Requires Alfred 4!
Github: https://github.com/Acidham/search-alfred-workflows
Options
ENTER - Shows a list of keywords in the workflow and starts the workflow with a keyword CMD - For addtional Actions: Copy path to Clipboard Open WF Folder in Terminal (cd ) Reveal in Finder Open in ForkLift (requires ForkLift installed) Config
exclude_disabled: True - ignore disabled workflow in search terminal_path: EMPTY opens in macOS shell or path to custom terminal
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from Jasondm007 in create new folder
I've posted updated workflow to github with permission from Carlos.
Link to repository
Direct link to the Workflow file
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from Carlos-Sz in create new folder
I've posted updated workflow to github with permission from Carlos.
Link to repository
Direct link to the Workflow file
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from Carlos-Sz in create new folder
So,
I've fixed this workflow for now... I will try to contact the original author to get his permit to republish it. Until then ping me via private message with your mail, I will send it.
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lycopodiopsida reacted to deanishe in Send currently selected item to Alfred
I wasn't very clear. I meant in Alfred itself. It only has File Actions. There's no equivalent action panel for any other type (text, URL, email address, etc.) and the buffer doesn't work with anything but files. Similarly, your workflow can only return items with no type (implicitly text, I suppose) or with type "file" (in which case you can use File Actions on workflow items or add them to the buffer).
macOS Services support a lot more types than just files, so I think it would be sensible to expand Alfred's supported types at the same time. Not only would you get much more complete support for Services, but it would also make workflows much more powerful if they could put their own stuff in the buffer and add their own URL Actions or Text Actions.
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lycopodiopsida reacted to luckman212 in Multiple keywords to trigger the same script filter?
I saw this has been asked a few times before (e.g. here) but there wasn't a clear answer.
Since Alfred 4 is coming soon, I would like to throw this into the pot to see if it might be possible.
My brain is getting old. It's hard to remember all the different keywords and hotkeys I've set up. To aid myself I like to be able to use multiple keywords to trigger the same workflow step.
Example, I have a workflow for connecting Bluetooth devices, that I trigger using `bt`
instead of just "bt" I'd like to add a few more keywords, e.g. "blue", "connect", "audio" etc.
I know I can duplicate the script filter opject and connect its Output to the same step—it's a poor man's workaround, but it'd be cleaner and better to allow multiple keywords, such as this:
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lycopodiopsida reacted to dvcrn in Ability to use macOS services from Alfred
I've been recently playing around with launchbar and switch back and forth between it and Alfred.
One thing I noticed that is pretty killer in launchbar, is the ability to use macOS services. Launchbar is indexing them by default and lets you use them either with normal text or files.
A proposal could be:
Type some text (or use a workflow to get the selected text and propagate the alfred window with it) Hit CTRL Select "Use Service" (or directly suggest them) Hit enter on a service to use them
And the same with files. Hit CTRL and propagate the actions window with services that support the file type, next to workflow actions and default alfred actions
I think this would make Alfred a lot more powerful without the need to create custom workflows. A lot of apps (the majority?) already exposes services, and being able to use them directly within alfred would be great.
For example, some workflows that I manually wrote that would be possible with a service:
DEVONthink: Add notes or files Delivers: Add a delivery from a text string Fantastical, Cardhop, Things: Add new entry directly from text
Screenshot of available services enabled on my system when selecting text:
Screenshot of available services when selecting a file:
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from Acidham in Mark files added to buffer
Hi,
as far as I understand, the only option to perform operations on multiple files now in Alfred is to add them to buffer first. If would be helpful, especially for folders containing a lot of files, if files already added to buffer would be marked with colour in the file browser.
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lycopodiopsida reacted to xeric in Workflow for Outlook V16 Search
I create a workflow for searching mail from Outlook for Mac V16 (A.K.A. 2016).
Now it support searching Mail sender, Subject and Preview Content with below format:
olk [keyword] And also you can search with multiple keywords:
olk [keyword1] [keyword2] [keyword3] To limit search scope in one attribute:
olk from:[keyword] olk title:[keywords1] [keywords2] ...
By default, this workflow searches mail from all folders and with default page size 20, for results more than 20, you can click last item 'Next 20 Results...' to go to next page.
You can also configure the search:
olkc pagesize [number] for change search result in one result list.
olkc folder then you can get a list of all your Outlook folders, choose one to limit search scope.
Project hosted in Github:
https://github.com/xeric/alfred-outlook
Download latest release workflow file from:
https://github.com/xeric/alfred-outlook/releases
Welcome your feedbacks!
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lycopodiopsida got a reaction from deanishe in Alfred workflow issues after upgrading macOS to 10.13
I may have found the culprit. It seems that High Sierra rolled over the system version of ruby, where gems which a lot of workflows rely on, were installed. Have to test them with a debugger switched on one by one.