http://lipidity.com Despotic Development Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:18:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quicksilver's losing weight; a far cry from the 30+ MB RAM usage it once required while idling. The speed at which it runs is also nearing "spectacular" status. Not for human consumption. Yet. http://lipidity.com/apple/quicksilver/quicksilver-cleaned/ [Alacatia Labs, Inc.](http://alacatialabs.com/) bring you the most thorough investigation of undocumented [CoreGraphics](http://lipidity.com/tag/core-graphics+animation) functions to date, with [CGSInternal](http://alacatialabs.com/toys/cgsinternal/). There's a [subversion repository](http://svn.alacatialabs.com/CGSInternal/trunk/) as well if you're keen to stay up to date. http://lipidity.com/apple/cocoa/cgsinternal/ A [download link](http://lipidity.com/software/quicksilver/) is up. I'll be periodically uploading a compiled version of Quicksilver for those who're keen on testing out the latest revisions. The incompatibility with the File Tagging plugin hasn't yet been worked out as the source isn't available. If you're using the download from B5X, be sure to ... http://lipidity.com/apple/quicksilver-b5x-download/ Just committed my changes to the [subversion repository](http://blacktree-alchemy.googlecode.com/svn/branches/B5X/). A few [new features](http://lipidity.com/apple/cleaning-up-quicksilver/) and general stability improvements, but mostly a very thorough cleanup of the source code, so you can actually compile it now. #### Compilation Instructions Open Xcode preferences, scroll across to Source Trees and add one with a Setting Name of "QSFrameworks" ... http://lipidity.com/apple/quicksilver-b5x-branch/ Given the [Quicksilver source code](http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/source) is now out in the open, I'm trying to learn from it while at the same time cleaning it up. Here's what I've done so far. http://lipidity.com/apple/cleaning-up-quicksilver/ Joe Dunn is doing a nice series of articles on Quicksilver. He's covered [triggers](http://jwdunn.com/2007/11/24/how-i-use-quicksilver-i-triggers/) and [scripts](http://jwdunn.com/2007/11/29/how-i-use-quicksilver-ii-scripts/) so far with more on the way. One thing I disagree with, though, is the excessive use of the "do shell script" AppleScript. I like the "Run Command in Shell" action just fine. But if ... http://lipidity.com/apple/another-guide-to-quicksilver/ Unfortunately, `[[NSApp currentEvent] modiferFlags]` can't be used to determine if any modifier keys were held down during launch. To accomplish this, it seems one must delve into the world of Carbon. http://lipidity.com/apple/modifier-flags-launch/ [Google Subscribed Links](http://www.google.com/coop/subscribedlinks/) allows users to subscribe to XML documents provided by websites. If a subscriber then searches Google for a keyword that matches an item from the XML document, the item is displayed at the top of the results page, and highlighted. I wrote a [plugin for WordPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-subscribed-links/) that allows ... http://lipidity.com/web/google-subscribed-links/ I wrote this a while back as part of the [Quicksilver Internal Commands](http://lipidity.com/apple/quicksilver-internal-commands/) tutorial. The plugin hooks onto the current Quicksilver interface so you can watch it go up in flames. http://lipidity.com/apple/quicksilver-smoke/ Another WordPress plugin. I've been using this on my own site for a long time and, after people encountered 404s searching for it, have decided to publish it. Speed Cache basically takes external files such as javascript and CSS and mirrors them on your own server. I'm not going to go ... http://lipidity.com/web/speed-cache/