Adium + Quicksilver Script
For whatever reason (perhaps it’s the slowness of Twitterific, or the lack of any other application to satisfy my Twitter-craving) I wanted to be able to Tweet from Quicksilver. A quick Google led me to an AppleScript to Tweet from Quicksilver, but alas…it was a year old and not functional.
So, two hours later - allow me to present an updated version of the script:
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text im_text
repeat with im_delimiter_position from 1 to (length of im_text)
if character im_delimiter_position of im_text = ":" then exit repeat
end repeat
set im_contact_name to characters 1 thru (im_delimiter_position - 1) of im_text as string
set im_message to characters (im_delimiter_position + 2) thru (length of im_text) of im_text as string
tell application "Adium"
set user to first contact whose (status type is available and (display name starts with im_contact_name or title starts with im_contact_name))
if not (exists (chats whose contacts contains user)) then
tell account of user to (make new chat with contacts {user} with new chat window)
end if
send (first chat whose contacts contains user) message im_message
end tell
return nothing
end process text
end using terms fromThe procedures for installation and usage are the same.
- Paste the script into Script Editor and save it in
~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actionsas Send As IM.scpt. - Cmd+Space, period, “Contact name: Message”, tab, S, enter.
I now return you to your regular Twedule.
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Damon, Works like a DREAM as we have tested on twitter [michaelramm]. Thanks for the work to make QS an even bigger part of my Mac usage.
By Michael Rammon 01.12.08 9:50 pm
Apparently, after trying both, when compiling the script, it shows a syntax error, where in this line
“set user to first contact whose (status type is available and (display name starts with im_contact_name or title starts with im_contact_name))”
contacts is not a valid class.
is there any way of rectifying this?
By Victoron 01.15.08 6:04 am
it says, “Expected class name but found identifier”
By Victoron 01.15.08 6:19 am
@Victor What version of Adium and OS X are you on? I currently am on Leopard and Adium 1.2.
By Damonon 01.16.08 10:02 am
Great. I have been struggling with the adium applescript documentation to get the old script working with the new adium 1.2.x.. this does the trick. Thanks!
By Prceasaron 01.28.08 4:12 pm
one thing I would add:
instead of:
send (first chat whose contacts contains user) message im_message
I used:
set im_chat to first chat whose contacts contains user
tell im_chat to activate
send im_chat message im_message
that way if the chat already exists, but a window for it is not open, it will open the window
By Prceasaron 01.28.08 4:39 pm
Very handy script, thanks. I noticed after using it to send an IM, the focus goes to the chat window.
But I’d rather have the focus remain on my current active window so I can continue with whatever I was doing. Is that possible?
Thanks again.
By Rayon 04.02.08 3:48 am
Hey, thanks for making this. I was having problems with outdated versions, but with Adium 1.2.5 and Quicksilver B54 (is it B?)
I think the next level would be to get a list of matching screen names out of Adium, display a drop down, and show which user will actually receive the message. Any thoughts on how this could be done?
By Tim Rosenblatton 05.16.08 7:56 pm
[...] I’ve had a MacBook Pro for about 3 days now, and I’m loving it. One really sweet program is Quicksilver, which is like the Windows Run dialog on steroids. There’s a great script I’ve just started using that lets you send Adium IMs from Quicksilver [...]
By Mr. Rosenblatt: The Blog » Quicksilver + Adiumon 05.16.08 8:03 pm
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