Symlink to applications aren't detected as applications

[zimbatm]

If you have a symlink to an application in your /Application folder, Quicksilver doesn't add it to the index.

The current workaround that I've found is to disable the Application catalog and create a new custom one with no "type" and depth of 1.

Bug found on OSX 10.8.3, QS 1.0.0 (4000)

[ethanjonn]

+1

i can see it in quicksilver but when trying to open nothing happens

[pjrobertson]

Should be fixed by #1516

[valrus]

Still doesn't work for me in build 400C. Also, OP's workaround successfully adds the symlink to the catalog, but opening it reveals it in my file browser rather than launching the app.

[pjrobertson]

It works for me. What are you doing to create your symlink?

…OK, I see that it doesn’t work for aliased applications (that’s not the same as a symlink). I’ve worked a fix
See #1882

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Still doesn't work for me in build 400C.

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[valrus]

It's linked via Homebrew, which you can use to install and keep some .apps up-to-date. Homebrew is a commandline app so I'm pretty sure its links are actual symlinks. The link shows up as "Symbolic Link (Intel:64)" in the Get Info window and looks like every symlink I've ever seen when I ls -l in the Terminal:

MacVim.app -> /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-73/MacVim.app

I'm pretty sure it's a symlink, not an alias.

[skurfer]

I tried installing MacVim via Homebrew and it launches fine, but the icon isn’t loaded.

Update: After a relaunch, I can’t reproduce any icon loading problems.

[pjrobertson]

Just installed MacVim (using homebrew) and with this branch the app loads into the Catalog just fine. No icon loading issues either.

[valrus]

Are you using the Find All Applications catalog item or the Applications folder one? The former works for me, but (a) it finds the application itself in /usr/local/Cellar, not the symlink in /Applications (which is okay) and (b) it also finds hundreds of apps that I want neither to index nor to have to manually individually deactivate.

The Applications folder catalog item still does not find symlinked apps at all.

[valrus]

Granted: I'm in a slightly weird situation because I have an SSD and an HD that I'm in the very leisurely process of migrating from, so many apps exist in both places. This contributes to the "hundreds of apps I don't want to index" problem.

[skurfer]

I can confirm that #1882 fixes this.