Best open recent documents workflow

[wellerpond]

I've been scouring the net for the best Open Recent Documents workflow. (Like this: https://github.com/mpco/Alfred3-workflow-recent-documents)

 

But all of the best ones require Python 3. I'm hesitant to download a huge programing app I'm not familiar  with just to run a workflow.  Do I just download it and it works, or do I need to set something up? I'm a casual user so it's a little intimidating.

 

Any recommendations for a non-Python workflow? Or, can you convince me to download P3?

 

 

Thank you!

[vitor]

12 minutes ago, wellerpond said:

Do I just download it and it works

 

Yes. You don’t even need to download it. Because the Workflow uses a standard Python 3 location for macOS, as soon as you try to run it macOS itself should show you a prompt saying you need the Developer Tools. It takes (literally) two clicks for macOS to do it for you and you’ll be set.

 

It might take a while for the download but there will be a dialog showing the process. Don’t mind the “time remaining” number as it tends to be way larger than reality.

[TomBenz]

3 hours ago, wellerpond said:

I've been scouring the net for the best Open Recent Documents workflow. (Like this: https://github.com/mpco/Alfred3-workflow-recent-documents)

 

But all of the best ones require Python 3. I'm hesitant to download a huge programing app I'm not familiar  with just to run a workflow.  Do I just download it and it works, or do I need to set something up? I'm a casual user so it's a little intimidating.

 

Any recommendations for a non-Python workflow? Or, can you convince me to download P3?

 

 

Thank you!

rr recent document with front most application such as Microsoft Excel or word doesn't work. Is it supposed to work? 

 

I get following error message in debugger log:

 

[20:06:01.891] Recent Documents / Apps[Script Filter] Queuing argument '(null)'
[20:06:02.301] Recent Documents / Apps[Script Filter] Script with argv '(null)' finished
[20:06:02.304] ERROR: Recent Documents / Apps[Script Filter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 215, in <module>
    allItemsLinkList.extend(itemsLinkList)
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
[20:06:02.306] Recent Documents / Apps[Script Filter] Expected str, got bytes
[20:06:02.308] ERROR: Recent Documents / Apps[Script Filter] JSON error: JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set. around line 1, column 0. in JSON:
Expected str, got bytes

[vitor]

@pankajsz Please don’t use unrelated threads for debugging questions. Ask in the Workflow’s forum thread or GitHub repo. The author (and users of the Workflow) is the first one to ask.