{"id":201,"date":"2006-02-20T22:04:06","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T03:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2011-07-05T09:30:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T16:30:01","slug":"quicksilver-abracadabra-gestures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/20\/quicksilver-abracadabra-gestures\/","title":{"rendered":"Quicksilver Abracadabra Gestures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/images\/abra.png?resize=400%2C100\" alt=\"Abra\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\nWow. Quicksilver never ceases to amaze! You can now create mouse gestures to do anything Quicksilver can do using a plugin called Abracadabra.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a basic plugin, but it&#8217;s incredibly helpful. You needn&#8217;t be working for Coca Cola, <a title=\"o2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.o2.co.uk\/broadband\/mobile\/\">o2<\/a>, Citibank or any other big corporation to benefit from this extension, it works perfectly well on a home Mac that&#8217;s just carrying out small jobs.<\/p>\n<p>To use it, first, go to your Quicksilver preferences, in plugins, choose &#8220;other plugins&#8221; to find plugins that aren&#8217;t installed and check the box next to Abracadabra.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/images\/abra1.png?resize=257%2C153\" alt=\"Abra1\" width=\"257\" height=\"153\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the plus sign by Abracadabra (you probably have to have &#8220;Enable advanced features&#8221; set to Beta in the Application settings.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll now have a new menu item called Abracadabra. Select it and add the sounds you want to hear when you do a gesture that is recognized or when you make a mistake and do an unknown gesture. You&#8217;ll also want to pick a key to use with Abracadabra.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/images\/abra2-3.png?resize=315%2C235\" alt=\"Abra2-3\" width=\"315\" height=\"235\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now click the &#8220;Triggers&#8221; category in preferences and create a new trigger by choosing the plus sign at the bottom then doing something you might normally do in Quicksilver such as committing something to SVN (or opening a folder or whatever you do with your Mac).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/images\/abra3.png?resize=406%2C160\" alt=\"Abra3\" width=\"406\" height=\"160\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><br \/>\nNow change the Trigger type to Gesture, and in the drawer that slides out, draw the gesture you&#8217;d like to make in order to perform the action.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/images\/abra4.png?resize=322%2C328\" alt=\"Abra4\" width=\"322\" height=\"328\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Message from Certkiller&#8211;<br \/>\nWe offer complete collection of exam dumps including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.certkiller.com\/CCVP-certification-training.htm\">ccvp<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.certkiller.com\/CCDA-certification-training.htm\">ccda<\/a> practice questions to help you successfully complete your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.certkiller.com\/certification-training-Cisco.htm\">cisco certification<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211;Message from Certkiller&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re done! Try it out by holding down option (or whatever key you chose) and performing the gesture. If you did it right, you&#8217;ll get cool green stars, otherwise they&#8217;ll turn red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. Quicksilver never ceases to amaze! You can now create mouse gestures to do anything Quicksilver can do using a plugin called Abracadabra. It&#8217;s a basic plugin, but it&#8217;s incredibly helpful. 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