Extension for GoToFile

PopClip Extensions
1

Being a heavy user of “HoudahSpot” and “Find Any File” I am in the process of converting to GoToFile

https://www.soma-zone.com/GoToFile/

Now I need a PopClip extension, of course. It seems there is no URL scheme for this application, or am I missing something?

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Looking in the Info.plist, the they have a ciple of services:

  • GoToFile: Search
  • GoToFile: Browse
  • GoToFile: Find Similar Items
3

Yes, Nick, I saw that, and it works in the Finder, for example. But if I’m looking at a webpage, highlighting, for example, an author, I would like to search my e-book library if I have books by this author.

4

It would seem we want:

#popclip
name: GoToFile
service name: "GoToFile: Search"

(The above block is an extension snippet — select it then click “Install Extension” in PopClip.)

But it doesn’t actually work for me. It activates GTF but nothing happens in the app :thinking:

5

I have one here, simplest possible, working in principle:

#popclip
name: GoToFileSearch
interpreter: zsh
icon: square GTF
shell script: /Applications/GoToFile.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gtfs --project --query=$POPCLIP_TEXT

See this thread
https://forum.popclip.app/t/popclip-loading-icon/2888?u=clippopper
related to an issue with this approach.

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6

I’m impressed, works great! Thanks a bunch

7

We should thank Robby Pählig, the author of GoToFile, who improved those executables (see GTF’s help file for details) a LOT in recent weeks and made them workable for use with PopClip.