I use 10.8.5.
It’s class text. I log it with the following test action when the look up action is stuck in setting the clipboard ” which seems to unstuck it, sometimes.
using terms from application "Quıcĸsıɩⅴεʀ"
on process text theObjs
(* on open files theObjs *)
-- TEST
(* begin test script *)
set the clipboard to theObjs
do shell script "logger -t 'AS DEBUG' dO value: " & theObjs & " - class: " & class of theObjs
(* end test script *)
-- DEBUG
--do shell script "echo " & quoted form of (theObjs as text) & " > ~/Desktop/as_debug.txt"
try
do shell script ¬
"echo 'STRING :: '" & quoted form of theObjs & " > ~/Desktop/as_debug.txt"
on error errMsg
do shell script ¬
"echo 'ERROR :: '" & quoted form of errMsg & " > ~/Desktop/as_debug.txt"
do shell script ¬
"echo 'STRING :: '" & quoted form of (theObjs as string) & " >> ~/Desktop/as_debug.txt"
end try
(* repeat with theObj in theObjs as list
--do shell script "logger -t 'AS DEBUG' " & theObj
--do shell script "echo " & theObj & " >> ~/Desktop/as_debug.txt"
end repeat *)
(* set myFile to open for access (path to desktop as text) & "as_debug.txt" with write permission
write theObjs to myFile
close access myFile *)
(* end open files *)
end process text
(* on get direct types
return {"NSFilenamesPboardType"} -- files and folders
return {"NSStringPboardType"} -- text or a string
return {"Apple URL pasteboard type"} -- URLs
return {"qs.command"} -- Quicksilver command
end get direct types *)
end using terms from
I fear you’re just hitting a bug. If com.apple.foundation.UserScriptService is being run each time, the script is being run via the mechanism designed for sandboxed apps – they are getting passed to a separate process for execution. I’m not sure what you can do to debug that, but you should probably log a bug with Apple (while not holding your breath; it sounds like it might be difficult to reproduce).
As I said it happens randomly ” if I see com.apple.foundation.UserScriptService, quit it and rerun the action, it sometimes runs as expected, then Quicksilver logs the error message from the first failed execution.
What I also found strange is the form of the error: “[value of var] doesn’t understand the set the clipboard to message”.
I’m testing some workarounds. One of them is
do shell script "echo " & quoted form of lemma & " | pbcopy"
instead of
set the clipboard to lemma
but then I need to add a backspace
keystroke "v" using {command down}
key code 51
keystroke return
as pasting adds a newline.
Maybe you guys know a more elegant way to circumvent this.