When a Quicksilver pane in the command window is in text mode it becomes a text box, allowing you to enter arbitrary text.

To access text mode when Quicksilver is active, just press ' (single quote) or . (period).

There are a number of actions available for text entered into the first pane. Here are some of the defaults:

• Speak Text (Say) This takes the text and passes it to the system to speak through your speakers.
• Run as AppleScript Interprets the text as AppleScript and runs it, returning the result to the Quicksilver window.
• Type Text Types the text into the frontmost selected text box.
• IM to Account… Sends the text to a buddy from your buddy list. Behavior of this action varies depending on your chat client.
• Append Text To… Appends the text to a text file. (The file must have the txt extension, and you must have the plug-in Text Manipulation Actions installed. Also make sure that in the Actions pane of the preferences dialog, Append To… is checked.)
• Prepend Text To… Prepends the text to a text file. (The file must have the txt extension, and you must have the plug-in Text Manipulation Actions installed. Also make sure that in the Actions pane of the preferences dialog, Prepend To… is checked.)
• Display Dialog Displays the text as the contents of a dialog in Quicksilver.
• Large Type Displays the text in a large bezel across the screen. Useful for phone numbers, addresses, calculation results, or talking to your neighbor in the library.

There are a number of places where text is used as the indirect object (third pane). Examples are the name of the folder created with the New Folder… action, the text to send to a buddy with the IM text… action, etc. Check with specific plug-ins for what indirect text object actions they support. Text Manipulation Actions