LaunchBar and KGTD

If there are any other LaunchBar users out there, I thought I’d offer a way to get the Quicksilver action working in LB.

First, if you want to run any of the standard KGTD scripts using LB, you’ll need to add the “Kinkless” folder to your configuration:

In LaunchBar:
1) Select Configuration->Open Configuration
2) In the Configuration window, choose New->Scan Folder…
3) Choose the folder [your home]/Library/Scripts/Applications/OmniOutliner Pro/Kinkless and close the configuration window.

Now you can hit command-space and navigate to the KGTD scripts from anywhere, if you find the sudden irrepressible desire to do a sync without having to head to OOPro first.

Now for the Inbox action itself…
There are two ways to get a LB-friendly Inbox-feeding AppleScript.

1) Open the Ethan-supplied “KGTD Inbox” applescript in Script Editor. You should just be able to double-click on it to do so. Then remove the two using-from/end-using-from” lines at the beginning and end, remove the on-process-text/end-on-process-text lines at the beginning and end, and put the following block around what’s left:


on handle_string(ThisClipping)
[...rest of script...]
end handle_string


2) Or just cut and paste the following into a new Script Editor window to end up with the same thing:


on handle_string(ThisClipping)
set ScriptsPath to (((path to library folder from user domain) as string) & ("Scripts:Applications:OmniOutliner Pro:Kinkless:"))
set ReadPath to ScriptsPath & "kgtdpath.txt"
set KGTDPathFile to open for access file ReadPath
set ThisDocumentPath to read KGTDPathFile
close access KGTDPathFile
tell application "OmniOutliner Professional"
set ThisDocument to first document whose path is ThisDocumentPath
try
get ThisDocument
on error
open with results ThisDocumentPath
set ThisDocument to first document whose path is ThisDocumentPath
end try
tell ThisDocument
set InboxSection to (first section whose note contains "meta_inbox")
make new row at beginning of rows of InboxSection with properties {topic:ThisClipping}
end tell
end tell
end handle_string


(hmmm….can’t quite get indenting to work in the post, but Script Editor will do it for you if you click “Compile” once you’ve pasted it in)

In either case, you can save the script (as a “script”) in the [your home]/Library/Scripts/Applications/OmniOutliner Pro/Kinkless folder. I call mine “KGTD Inbox-LB,” but I’m just like that. Go into Launchbar and type command-0 to rescan so LB will find your new script.

To use it, navigate to your new script in LaunchBar, then instead of hitting return, type [space]. This’ll bring up a text box. Type your inbox-destined snippet in there, hit return, and head to your KGTD Inbox to watch the magic.

If I’ve missed something in the process and this doesn’t work for you, or if you know a better way to do this, feel free to post a comment. (If messing with Script Editor scares you, I can make a copy of the working script available for download somewhere.)

All hail the mighty Ethan!
-Dan