Comments on: Getting Quicksilver iCal syntax right

By: Bush -- not related

Bush -- not related — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:26:53 +0000

My understanding of Growl is it automagically works with Apps that use it; perhaps whomever is working to update QS can build that into it, but as I’ve seen no QS updates, I’m not sure we should hold our breath on that.

I know that when I successfully post to my google calendar, I get a QS popup telling me the event was added. It appears in the middle of the screen.

In preferences, I have the following turned ON — mayhap one of these is giving the effect?

* Enable advanced features
* Superfluous visual effects
* !!? Under Handlers is “Notification [QS icon] Quicksilver (Built-in)

When I click the up-down arrow to the right of these, GROWL is an option! I just switched it to that and will see what happens.

IT WORKED IT WORKED! Now I have GROWL QS notifications! WHOOOP!

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:38:08 +0000

@Bush:

As Jo said, Growl notifications would be great after having added a new event with the QS.

I just can’t find anything like that – is there any possibility that you remember the name or anything else? ;)

I would love to have this integrated but have googled around without any results.

By: Bush -- not related

Bush -- not related — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:52:37 +0000

My apologies, Jo: the pop-up notification actually is a service of Quicksilver, not growl.

I stopped using iCal because I still have a Tiger machine (and a few linux boxes, now) mixed in among my MacBooks and Apple lovingly made Tiger iCal and Leopard iCal not play nice together; I’m afraid I can’t help you refine that syntax.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:18:49 +0000

Am confused. Can’t get it to specify the calendar so it just defaults to whichever calendar was last open – not ideal. Am I missing something? Also, Bush — not related – could you tell me how I get that functionality in Growl? How do I set it up to watch ical?
Thanks,
Jo

By: dave

dave — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:26:20 +0000

I am using QuickCal Widget now.

http://smellypuppy.com/wp/?page_id=29

By: Matt Martin

Matt Martin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:23:01 +0000

Very surprised that all-day (or all day or allday) events don’t work using this method.

By: Bush -- not related

Bush -- not related — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:18:07 +0000

Dave (if you ever check back) and anyone else with this concern:

Growl is your best friend, here. Moments after hitting RETURN a pop-up will appear telling you the new item has been added to your (iCal or Google) calendar or a new task has been added to Remember the Milk or…

It’s wunnuhful.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:21:06 +0000

Lemme ask ya something. If I have to open iCal to see whether Quicksilver actually added anything to my iCal or not – doesn’t that mean that Quicksilver iCal i just a waste of time? Anyone?

By: Dave from Temecula, CA

Dave from Temecula, CA — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:09:48 +0000

I’ve always loved QS and have been using this tip quite a bit.

One question: There’s no way to add a note or location into an entry right away, right?

I mean [date] [time] — [event] is quite simple

But I still find myself going back to the iCal entry and filling out the location or notes to the entry (directions to the event or a conference bridge # for example).

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:56:22 +0000

Fixed now.