LaunchBar support + Growl notification

[bdonohoe]

Hi all,

As a LaunchBar user, I'm often disappointed to see so much third party support for QuickSilver and so little attention paid to LaunchBar. Well, here's one solution to that problem: I modified the built-in QuickSilver script to work with LaunchBar.

To use, just add it to your configuration. Then call it up in LB, hit space, type your action (format: action > project @ context, or combination thereof), and press return. If you have Growl installed, it will notify you that the action has been created.

While I was messing with Growl, I added support to the original QuickSilver script and to Curt Clifton's Mail integration script (thanks for that Curt, it's perfect for my needs!).

Modified scripts are attached.

Brendan

[Giorgio Valoti]

That’s cool! Thank you!
Does it support the latest release (4.3) of LB?

[bdonohoe]

Yes, it works with 4.3. I'm not sure how far behind version 4.3 it will work, but surely not earlier than version 4.

[hansdorsch]

The download-links don't work.
I am required to login an then sent back to where I came from.
Tipps, alternative download-links?

Thanks

[mooncalf]

The download-links don't work.
I am required to login an then sent back to where I came from.
Tipps, alternative download-links?

Thanks
I just downloaded without any problems from the links provided.

[MacDork]

Brilliant! Thanks!

[gcrump]

I'm new to LaunchBar and embarrassed to say I can't figure out where to put this script or how to call it?

[MacDork]

I'm new to LaunchBar and embarrassed to say I can't figure out where to put this script or how to call it?

I just put it in one of my documents folders that LaunchBar's already indexing.

Since the file's called "Add OmniFocus Action.scpt", I now just type "aoa" to find the script, then press <space> to activate the text entry box, and then just type in the action I want added.

[Zettt]

This is an awesome script. I made one minor change to it allowing it to be used with Keyboard Maestro, FastScripts and maybe every other AppleScript roundhouse-kick solution out there.
It would be selfish to keep it just for me. So I'm sharing it with the OmniFocus community.

Oops forgot the credits. With help from halbtuerke who pointed me to this site (http://beckism.com/2008/11/accept_text_applescript/).

[kunicki]

This is a very cool script. And a few years back I did use the QuickSilver script to do this. However, with the Quick Add window available as a global keystroke, I am not sure, what is the value of this script?

I am just curious about workflow with it?

[Zettt]

I agree, if you're running OmniFocus all the time this script is useless, but on my machine OmniFocus isn't running all the time. Sometimes I really need to make a quick todo out of a random thought I had. Starting OmniFocus, waiting for it to be ready, sometimes takes to long and I simply (have) forgot my idea. So in the meanwhile I was using TextMate as a sort of temporary storage for those quick ideas.
Now I can throw a task into LaunchBar and let it handle the rest for me.

[iNik]

This is a very cool script. And a few years back I did use the QuickSilver script to do this. However, with the Quick Add window available as a global keystroke, I am not sure, what is the value of this script?

I am just curious about workflow with it?

Just one less keyboard shortcut to remember.

[kastorff]

Since I updated to Growl 1.3 from the App Store, notifications no longer work with the LaunchBar version of the script. I've looked at the script and the current information on the Growl site, and it doesn't look like it needs changes to work. Anyone got this working with Growl 1.3?

[RobTrew]

Since I updated to Growl 1.3 from the App Store, notifications no longer work with the LaunchBar version of the script.

Comments on the App Store Growl page suggest that there is some general retreat of functionality in the App Store version of Growl.

Not clear whether this is interference between installations, or an early casualty of sand-boxing: new App-Store-imposed limits on inter-process communication.

[michgunn]

Thanks so much! Exactly what I needed!