Advanced Hyperlinks for App Launchers (Alfred)

I use Alfred as a launcher on my Mac. I have been experimenting with creating custom hyperlinks to allow me to quickly open up a passage or search in Logos just using a couple of strokes on the keyboard. For instance, I can press CMD+Space then type "l gen 1.1" and it will open up logos to Genesis 1.1. What I would like to do is to be able to search a specific document via a hyperlink, but I cannot figure out how to do it. In particular, I would like to search the Edinburgh Westminster Confession. I cannot figure out a combination. Below are the hyperlinks I have set up in Alfred so far, in case they are helpful for anyone.

Pull up a passage in the ESV - logosres:esv;ref=BibleESV.{query}
Search for keywords in the bible - logos4:Search;kind=Bible;q={query} -Also, this only allows for search of the most recent searched version. Is there anyone to specify?
Search for keywords in my library - logos4:Search;kind=Basic;q={query} -Again this default to whatever I was searching last "Everything", "All Open Resources", etc. I would love to specify

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James Ryan Hall

Hello there. I am very interested in being able to do all the things you have mentioned. I was wondering if you could help me get the ball rolling and then maybe we can help eachother as we come up with other ideas. I am just not sure where to copy and paste your current commands. Can you help me? thank you!!

Dan Thomas Tveita

Hi,

Im also using Alfred, but not with Logos. Did you (or anyone else) figure this out? Also, im wondering how you made your passage-workflow. How do you send the logosres: command to Logos?

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1067031#Comment_1067031

Hi,

Im also using Alfred, but not with Logos. Did you (or anyone else) figure this out? Also, im wondering how you made your passage-workflow. How do you send the logosres: command to Logos?

This is an old thread, and I presume you are using Logos 8?

If you can create a hyperlink, then you should use the ref.ly format as that is designed for use in programs external to Logos.

Vince Mitchell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1070251#Comment_1070251

I also know this is an old thread, but I've make a Alfred Workflow for Logos available here: https://github.com/vmitchell85/logos-alfred-workflow

Feel free to request changes, updates, etc

MWW

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1075002#Comment_1075002

Thanks for this... this is a great help! I copied and changed one to work with the NKJV.

What would be great would be to be able to launch a Bible search from Alfred.

Something like "LS" followed by a search term or phrase. Would that be possible?

Thanks again for making this available!

Vince Mitchell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1075175#Comment_1075175

I've updated the workflow to include NKJV and added library, bible, and media searches:

https://github.com/vmitchell85/logos-alfred-workflow

MWW

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1075176#Comment_1075176

Fantastic - thanks!

Dan Thomas Tveita

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1075002#Comment_1075002

This is a really nice workflow. Very easy to add resources (although it would be absolutely awesome if it was possible to open resources/commentaries/etc as well — not just search for them).

It doesnt bring Logos to focus when the application is on another space, though. I don't know if thats a bug for you guys as well?

Anyway, in my own workflow I use applescript:system events to navigate to logos using the Dock, with keystrokes. Its not pretty, and a little slow. But it works. Do you have a better solution to this, Vince?

Dan Thomas Tveita

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1075176#Comment_1075176

And one humble question/request: Is it possible to add a query for searching lemmas in lexicons or bible-word-study?

Charles Vermeulen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1075002#Comment_1075002

This is AMAZING!! thank you so much, Vince. I've been waiting for someone tech-savvy and skilled enough to do what you've done for about 2 years. This is going to be a game-changer for me.

One question: the Bible shortcut doesn't seem to work properly for books of the Bible with numerals in the prefix... like 1 Corinthians 13:4 or 1 John 4:7. Or is it just me?

For instance, the command "Bible 2 Corinthians 10" doesn't do anything. However, "Bible 2 Corinthians" does bring up 2 Corinthians, I'm just unable to specify chapter and verse for Bible books prefixed with numbers.

MWW

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1077069#Comment_1077069

Try leaving out the space between numeral and letters: 3john5 instead of 3 John 5

Charles Vermeulen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1077071#Comment_1077071

that's done the trick! Thank you so much fellow Alfred/Logos user!

Vince Mitchell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1077073#Comment_1077073

I've updated the workflow to fix the issue with opening "2 Corinthians 4:3" and similar passages.

I've also added the feature requests from Dan to the issues list: https://github.com/vmitchell85/logos-alfred-workflow/issues

I'll see if I can get those working as well as I have time.

Happy to see people getting good use out of it, if you'd like to support development you can buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kgn867ldz

Thanks,

- Vince

Vince Mitchell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1077079#Comment_1077079

I've added a search feature to open specific resources... let me know if you have any issues with it, I haven't confirmed it will work for others also.

Charles Vermeulen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1077416#Comment_1077416

Hi Vince, wondering if you could perhaps include functionality to allow copy/paste options via Alfred? Word/Mac functionality no longer allows one to use the "Cmd+Shift+E" buttons to insert a Bible verse. Would it be easy to create this kind of functionality?

MWW

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1156773#Comment_1156773

Word/Mac functionality no longer allows one to use the "Cmd+Shift+E" buttons to insert a Bible verse

I had to go back and download a previous version of Word from December of 2020 and replace the updated word file in the applications folder with it to get that functionality to work again.

It seems to be a word problem and not a Logos problem. But I hope Logos can find a work around for us!

Vince Mitchell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1156773#Comment_1156773

@Charles can you explain more what you want to do? I presume you copy the verse from Logos, and you want to paste it into Word. I expect that you want a link of some sort instead of just the verse copy?

Thanks,

- Vince

Charles Vermeulen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1156778#Comment_1156778

Word/Mac functionality no longer allows one to use the "Cmd+Shift+E" buttons to insert a Bible verse

I had to go back and download a previous version of Word from December of 2020 and replace the updated word file in the applications folder with it to get that functionality to work again.

It seems to be a word problem and not a Logos problem. But I hope Logos can find a work around for us!

I might just end up doing what you did - I really miss the convenience, it's a surprisingly big deal for me.

Charles Vermeulen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1156779#Comment_1156779

Essentially Vince—and forgive the technological/coding presumption—I was wondering if it's possible for Alfred to work in the background, grab a reference and copy it to the clipboard and have it be ready to paste into word.

Hope that makes sense,

Vince Mitchell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1156803#Comment_1156803

I'm not sure that is possible. I don't think I can access the actual content of a resource, so I wouldn't be able to get a passage to paste into Word. I'll keep looking in case I'm wrong though.

Charles Vermeulen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1157202#Comment_1157202

Thanks Vince. I realize it's a stretch

Josh Monda

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1157202#Comment_1157202

I am using your workflow and was looking for something similar to what Charles was saying. The ability to open Alfred window and put say esv John 10:10 and have Alfred copy that exact verse and then just past it into whatever document I am working on. I know I saw this when someone using Alfred with Accordance.

Charles Vermeulen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1159744#Comment_1159744

I've discovered a work-around for the time being: https://www.packal.org/workflow/youversion-suggest

It uses youversion, but it does exactly what I want it to do.

Jukka Ylönen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1159996#Comment_1159996

Hi!

I installed Alfred-Logos-workflow, but when I try to do a search I get error:

“Unable to run task! Reason: launch path not accessible /usr/bin/php

Check that the selected language exists on your system. If you’re syncing alfred preferences, also check that all related workflow files exist locally. Related Workflow info …”

https://share.cleanshot.com/YiAgGE

(I use macOS Monterey 12.4 on Macbook Air)

Jukka Ylönen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1215036#Comment_1215036

Hi!

Sorry for posting my question in old thread - I found you your reply to this same question and I try to install php. [Y]