Programmatically modify Alfred scope

[kortina]

You could have an option to programmatically edit the Alfred scope by doing the following:

defaults read com.alfredapp.Alfred scope.paths | grep -q /usr/local/Cellar || defaults write com.alfredapp.Alfred scope.paths -array-add "/usr/local/Cellar"

NB: I don't know how to make Alfred see this change without restarting Alfred.

[phinze]

Great idea! Going to build this in soon - maybe a 'brew cask linkalfred' command.

Probably no harm in programmatically bouncing Alfred for you while we're at it, eh? Will investigate this when testing.

[ghost]

But be sure not to hardcode "/usr/local/Cellar", as some people use another directory (I'm assuming homebrew can be queried for it's prefix).

[phinze]

Good call @autodidakto. Hoping to pick this up this weekend and I'll keep that in mind.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 3:21 PM, autodidakto wrote:

But be sure not to hardcode "/usr/local/Cellar", as some people use another directory (I'm assuming homebrew can be queried for it's prefix).

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[phinze]

Months later, this is finally done! 📆

[molawson]

Does this work for you with Alfred 2?

I'm currently running v2.0.3 (187), and it doesn't seem to have a "scope.paths" key in the com.alfredapp.Alfred plist file. I tried adding it with:

defaults write com.alfredapp.Alfred scope.paths -array-add "/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom"

But that didn't seem to affect the search scope, even after restarting Alfred.

I feel like I'm missing something obvious here.

[phinze]

No you're probably right. I developed this feature on Alfred 1.x and just crossed my fingers that the preferences were forwards compatible. ;) I'll finally upgrade and get this fixed up

[jfsiii]

brew cask alfred (from USAGE.md) doesn't work for me:

± ~/Sites/homebrew-cask [master @ 19b26b5] ✓ ‣ brew cask alfred
{{ brew-cask }}
  brew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the
  administration Mac applications distributed as binaries
!!
!! no command with name: alfred
!!
available commands:
 - checklinks: checks for bad cask links
 - home: opens the homepage of the cask of the given name
 - list: lists installed casks
 - audit: verifies installability of casks
 - install: installs the cask of the given name
 - info: displays information about the cask of the given name
 - search: searches all known casks
 - uninstall: uninstalls the cask of the given name
 - edit: edits the cask of the given name
 - linkapps: makes a symlink from all cask-installed .app files into ~/Applications
 - unlinkapps: removes symlinks from cask-installed .app files from ~/Applications

I've updated everything I can think of:

± ~/Sites/homebrew-cask [master @ 19b26b5] ✓ ‣ git fetch upstream
± ~/Sites/homebrew-cask [master @ 19b26b5] ✓ ‣ brew update
Already up-to-date.

Any ideas?

[phinze]

I hadn't cut a release yet with this fix in - so you would have had to be tracking HEAD in order to get the fix.

I just cut v0.10.1 which should include the fix. Let me know if that helps 🚜

[jfsiii]

No dice.

‣ brew update
error: The requested URL returned error: 503 while accessing https://github.com/josegonzalez/homebrew-php/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
fatal: HTTP request failed
Error: Failed to update tap: josegonzalez/php
Updated Homebrew from de4c580a to 9f1235d6.
==> Updated Formulae
phinze/cask/basic-cask           phinze/cask/carbon-copy-cloner   phinze/cask/gas-mask             phinze/cask/textmate2
phinze/cask/brew-cask            phinze/cask/cura             phinze/cask/launch-bar           phinze/cask/tor-browser-alpha
phinze/cask/calibre          phinze/cask/firefox-aurora       phinze/cask/quicksilver          youtube-dl
‣ brew cask alfred
{{ brew-cask }}
  brew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the
  administration Mac applications distributed as binaries
!!
!! no command with name: alfred
!!
available commands:
 - checklinks: checks for bad cask links
 - home: opens the homepage of the cask of the given name
 - list: lists installed casks
 - audit: verifies installability of casks
 - install: installs the cask of the given name
 - info: displays information about the cask of the given name
 - search: searches all known casks
 - uninstall: uninstalls the cask of the given name
 - edit: edits the cask of the given name
 - linkapps: makes a symlink from all cask-installed .app files into ~/Applications
 - unlinkapps: removes symlinks from cask-installed .app files from ~/Applications

This isn't a blocker for me as I've already added the folder to Alfred. However, it seems like it should be removed from USAGE.md until it's ready to prevent similar questions from others.

[jfsiii]

PEBKAC

All is well after brew upgrade.

brew cask alfred
==> brew cask alfred
manages integration with Alfred; allows applications installed with
homebrew cask to be launched by Alfred by adding the Caskroom to Alfreds
search paths

subcommands:
  status - reports whether Alfred is linked
  link   - adds Caskroom to alfred search paths
  unlink - removes Cakroom from Alfred search paths
brew cask alfred status
==> Alfred is happily linked to homebrew-cask!