Pass clipboard contents to 'Everything' search field automatically via command line

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tuska
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Pass clipboard contents to 'Everything' search field automatically via command line

Post by tuska »

Hi,
I use the tool "Textify" and have entered the following command in the file "Textify.ini":

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command=C:\Tools\Everything\Everything.exe
So I can use the tool "Textify" and after clicking on the button for 'Everything' in "Textify", 'Everything' will be opened.
However, my goal is to have the clipboard contents pasted into the search box of 'Everything' automatically (and not via Ctrl-V).

Therefore I would like to ask you for support.
Thanks!

Regards,
Karl

Textify.ini

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[web_button_7]
icon=icons\Everything.ico
command=C:\Tools\Everything\Everything.exe
width=1200
height=900
NotNull
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Re: Pass clipboard contents to 'Everything' search field automatically via command line

Post by NotNull »

Brilliant idea! (I use Textify all the time anyway)

Try it with command
url=es:%s
instead of command=...

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[web_button_7]
icon=icons\Everything.ico
url=es:%s
external_browser=1
width=800
height=800

(For that to work, enable URL protocol in Everything (Men:Tools > Options > General))


EDIT:
This was based on a 4 year old version of Textify ....

Will check if a newer version functions differently
NotNull
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Re: Pass clipboard contents to 'Everything' search field automatically via command line

Post by NotNull »

In the most recent version of Textify (1.8.2) you can use:

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[web_button_7]
icon=icons\Everything.ico
command=es:%s
width=800
height=800
If you use Everything.exe -search %s instead of es:%s , all (semi-special) characters will be formatted "for the web": a space character becomes %20 etcetera.

Tested by "Textifying" 2001 - 200 по встречной and that comes through perfectly with es: (using Everything.exe this becomes a mess)


The old method (url= ...) is no longer supported (I checked the source code)
tuska
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Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:14 am

Re: Pass clipboard contents to 'Everything' search field automatically via command line

Post by tuska »

Hi,

[web_button_7] for Textify v1.8.2 works perfectly! :)
Many thanks for your efforts!

I have added this button here as well:
Tool "Textify" - Summary (english)
Tool "Textify" - Zusammenfassung (deutsch) -> (german)

Regards,
Karl
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