quicksilver magic
While I was writing the previous post, I found myself once again wishing for some way to keep a few snippets of text on a permanent clipboard. I type the same strings over and over and over, especially when doing LibriVox work or setting up blog posts full of photos.
So, on a whim, I googled “permanent clipboard” and the very top link pointed to a way to use my beloved quicksilver for just this purpose!!
It took a bit of poking about to make it work, so I thought I’d document it and save you some time.
- Go to quicksilver -> plugins -> recommended and enable “shelf”
- Go to quicksilver -> prefs -> actions and scroll down to “put on shelf” and enable it
- Invoke quicksilver. Type “.” and type or paste your text string into the window. Press tab, then down-arrow until you see “put on shelf” and hit “enter”
- invoke quicksilver, type “shelf” (choose “shelf”, not the “shelf & clipboard catalog” thing), hit “enter”, then down-arrow until you see your shelved item. Drag it into your document (or whatever). Voila!!
Oh, wonderful wonderful quicksilver! No mac should be without it. Did I mention that it’s free?