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With Firefox: instead of a simple bookmark or the browser homepage, I added a bookmark with a "g" keyword ( http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html ).

Then I can use the GitHub launcher without having to touch the mouse:

  ⌘+T, g, ⏎, my-github-command, ⏎.

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With Alfred on OS X, I created an extension (http://cl.ly/image/3U3V2h1X2U02) and a hotkey: (http://cl.ly/image/3s3A0B0g2120)

Then I can do:

  ⌥⌘L, my-github-command, ⏎.

Beat me to it, nice :)

But why do you use that keyboard combination over the default option+space?

EDIT: Ugh, nevermind - brain fart, my apologies for the slight odor...

Sorry if I'm missing something that's right in front of me, but can you tell me how to setup that for myself?

EDIT: My Alfred interface looks considerably different (http://cl.ly/image/1c3K1w0U182R) yet it seems to be up to date (1.2)

EDIT #2: OH, it's the paid Powerpack isn't it?

Why do it so convoluted?

Just create an URL hotkey: http://i.minus.com/ivEwdZPVJYHA7.png

Not quite the same functionality but on that page you can click the drop-down on the search bar and "Add GitHub". Then the github command line is one of the options for search providers alongside Google, Wikipedia etc. If you select it as the default, you can Ctrl-K up to the search bar and type a command without leaving the keyboard.

Also (and I'm not sure how useful this is) you can select some text, right-click it and execute it as a GitHub command.

Can you tell me how you made it work?

Adding a keyword for that field uses the following URL: https://github.com/search?q=&type=Everything&repo=&#... which ends up as a regular search. So typing "g @mojombo" doesn't bring me to his profile but rather triggers a regular search.

He doesn't do that, he presses enter after g to get to the launch page, and searches from there.

Same concept in Opera:

1. Right-click bar.

2. Add search shortcut

3. In your address bar, type:

    <shortcut> <query>

You could also just add the site as a Fluid app, I guess.

Thats fantastic.

However github would be better served if the github.com put the tab focus right inside the command bar. That way their would be no need for /launch at all...

I've been using FF for years and never knew it could do this. This is awesome, thanks!

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