Quicksilver

CommandWindow

The command window can be used to construct a command to express your intent. A command consists of at least one object and one action.

For example, if you want the Console application to run, you'd specify the 'Console' object and the 'Open' action. The following series of steps demonstrates this:

  1. Activate QS (typically done via a key sequence -- this is configurable, but the default is Command-Space)
  2. Start typing 'Console' to specify 'Console' as the object for the first pane (in my environment, by the time I reach the letter 'n', an image representing the 'Console' object is displayed in the first pane)
  3. Type the TAB key to move 'focus' from the first pane to the second pane (in general, typing TAB will move focus among the panes)
  4. If the content of the second pane is not an image representing the 'Open' action, start typing 'Open' to specify it (if a list is displayed below the second pane with multiple candidates, use the arrow keys to find and select the 'Open' action)
  5. Press RETURN to execute the specified command

Note that this example assumes that Quicksilver has been installed an is running.

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