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fitztrev / shuttle

A simple shortcut menu for macOS
http://fitztrev.github.io/shuttle/
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.shuttle.path not working #253

Closed ghost closed 5 years ago

ghost commented 5 years ago

As documented by https://github.com/fitztrev/shuttle/wiki/Settings-and-Configuration#json-path-change I created a file named .shuttle.path in my home directory using nano, first with the content Dropbox/shuttle.json (is the home directory the pwd?) then ~/Dropbox/shuttle.json, and even /Users/me/Dropbox/shuttle.json, but it just doesn't work. Shuttle just shows nothing, or if a shuttle.json is present, uses that instead. It seems to not read the .shuttle.json file at all. Edit: It seems that a valid .shuttle.path is breaking the program. I added the .shuttle.path with the full path while the .shuttle.json was still there. Shuttle seemed to still use the json. I removed the json file, then shuttle showed nothing. But then after putting the json file back and removing the path file, shuttle still does not show anything until I restart the program.

However, on a different mac with OS 10.14.3, the .shuttle.path works fine. My mac has OS 10.11.6, so maybe that has something to do with it?

thshdw commented 5 years ago

Hi @ledlamp I don't have access to 10.11.6, however this feature should work in this version. Maybe a permissions issue? Try deleting .shuttle.path and creating it using touch. While in your user account open a terminal and go to your user path cd /Users/me then touch .shuttle.path then nano .shuttle.path and add /Users/me/Desktop/shuttle.json <-- or Dropbox just make sure that shuttle.json is in this path 😄 Then open shuttle and test.

Oh! Also make sure that if you have a .shuttle.path file you need to delete the native .shuttle.json file that comes with the install.

ghost commented 5 years ago

Ok I pinpointed what the issue was. First of all it turns out Shuttle only reads .shuttle.path at launch so the program needs to be restarted for changes to take effect. Second, only absolute paths work. Paths using tilda ~/Dropbox/shuttle.json or paths assuming home is the pwd Dropbox/shuttle.json do not work. So while I did try restarting the app I might not have done it with the absolute path. Now that I know these two things I have got it working.

thshdw commented 5 years ago

Thanks for the update. I'll make sure the wiki is updated accordingly

ghost commented 5 years ago

I just updated the wiki 😉

thshdw commented 5 years ago

I see that! Thank you!