[whpalmer4]

Yeah, I think you are going to be a bit disappointed on that, depending on how closely you want to mimic the QE experience. There is code in OmniFocus that implements that feature, and you aren't able to repurpose that code for use with another application.

That's not to say that you can't tackle any of these things by use of AppleScript plus launcher programs such as Quicksilver, etc. Some assembly required, as they warn on the boxes for the really fun toys :-)