alfred-ulysses-workflow

Alfred Ulysses Workflow

Alfred 3 workflow to search and create tasks in Ulysses. There is a discussion thread on the Alfred forum.

Install

To install, download the latest Ulysses.alfredworkflow file and double-click to open in Alfred 3. Alternatively, download what should be the most recent version hosted on Packal.

Get help

• u:help – Show this brief summary of commands

Open group or sheet

• uf – Find a group or sheet based on internal content
• u – Open group or sheet (cmd-return to drill down)
• ug – Open group (cmd-return to drill down)
• us – Open sheet

Pop open Ulysses Open dialogue

• uo <arg> – Search for within Ulysses’ Open dialogue

Create sheets

• un – create new sheet with optional text (shift-enter to create in /Inbox)

Alfred file action

• Use the Open in Ulysses file action to open text-like files in Ulysses
• Use the Import into Ulysses file action to create a new sheet from text-like content

Configure view to open

• u:setsheetview – Set the view for opening sheets with (defaults to ‘Editor Only’)
• u:setgroupview – Set the view for opening groups with (defaults to ‘Sheets’)

Thanks

• dfay for the new sheet code and file opener and importer as well as general encouragement
• deanishe for the awesome Python workflow library
• dunkaroo for searching and file action help
• katie for thoughts on how find command should work

Versions

1.0.4

• Fixed ExpatError exception that completely broke the workflow with Ulysses 13 update.

1.0.3

• Fixed to work with unicode search strings

1.0.2

• Fixed ‘uo’ command to work with renamed UlyssesMac application name under Ulysses 12 update

1.0.1

• Fixed displayName KeyError exception that completely broke the workflow with Ulysses 12 update
• Fixed an older issue with ‘un’ command

1.0

• Fixed 100% cpu hang on Sierra with update of alfred-workflow to 1.25.1
• Added uf command to find groups and sheets based on their internal content
• u, ug and uf now use fuzzy search Ulysses’ path to groups and sheets
• Added un command to create new sheet with optional text
• Added an Alfred file action to open text-like files in Ulysses
• Added support for Inbox items
• Added support for local Ulysses (non-iCloud) items (still no external folders)
• Added warning when no iCloud files found
• Fixed race condition with uo command when Ulysses is not activated

0.9.2

• Fix race condition where toggling view state fails if Ulysses is launching

0.9.1

• Added feature to select view for opening items with and commands to configure
• Behind the scenes the workflow now uses (not enough of) deanishe’s https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-workflow
• Help now opens in Safari
• ug command no longer lets user drill into empty groups

0.9

• Initial public release

To contribute

To contribute to the workflow please fork on github: https://github.com/robwalton/alfred-ulysses-workflow .