open Adium from Albert

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open Adium from Albert

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Last edited Jun 15, 2011

Created on Jun 15, 2011

This example demonstrates how to trigger a chat in Adium from the Albert launcher using an AppleScript. It shows a workflow where a user types a contact name into Albert, which then passes that query as a command-line argument to an `osascript` call. The script activates the Adium application, searches for a contact whose display name contains the provided text, and opens a new chat window with that contact, falling back to an error dialog if the user is not found. The code uses the Adium scripting dictionary and Albert’s `{query}` placeholder, highlighting integration between a system-wide launcher and a messaging app.

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