On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 02:46:24 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 01:09:35 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:42:28 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:

>>> Hi;
>>> How does one use the Arachne builtin search engine function ?

>> Type into your URL line....

>> find:search-term(s)

>> find:glennmcc

>> find:caverge

>> find:"digital camera" sony fd

> Ahah. Thanks. A "find:" protocol. ;-)

> You have given examples of how to change the SearchEngine in arachne.cfg.

> Exactly _what_ does the hardcoded google function in core do and how is
> it accessed ?

> I'm assuming this function is different in some way from the user-
> definable one. Among the versions I have loaded, (1.62/66/67/70)
> this function is only hardcoded in A1.70.
> I see from A1.69 changes.txt that is where google became embedded, but
> there was no mention that the .cfg variable was obsoleted.

> Maybe it's just used if the variable is blank ?
> That duplication would be strange if Michael was concerned about keeping
> the size down. He did complain about 2k for CSS.
> Why don't I try it ? I'd rather talk about it. <G>

Talking about it also instigates me to check the SRC. ;-)

The "hard coded" line in main.c is only used if no "searchengine"
line is found in Arachne.cfg

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