tiennou didn't create that list or those instructions. I did. I was taking the "wiki" part of wiki seriously, but I think I overstepped, and I apologize. It isn't something that the qs developers endorse or should be asked to support. It should be removed from that page and moved someplace that makes it look "less official". So let me hereby do that: it is now at
http://wiki.github.com/dsanson/dsanson.github.com/web-searches I replaced the bit on tiennou's wiki with a link, but I won't be offended if tiennou wants to delete that. Anyone using the old page will need to modify their Info.plist to point to the new url. As for the problem with the asterisks: you are right. Asterisks won't work, because github's textile parser won't allow them in the url. Replacing them with hexcodes doesn't work either, because QS doesn't recognize them as dummies for the search query. The solution is to use Firefox style urls, replacing the search query with '%s' instead of '***'. I've made that change to the (new) page. David On Jul 30, 7:22 pm, Hagure <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw that tiennou tried to create a different (and much smaller) > list: > > http://wiki.github.com/tiennou/blacktree-elements/alternate-web-searches > > I'm Using the Web Search plugin downloaded from the plugins pane. > After I followed the instructions, I noticed that they didn't work > anymore. The *** that QS needs to designate the link as a websearch > were seen as their hexcodes (%2A%2A%2A). > > Any one else have this problem? Perhaps I have an old version of the > plugin? > > Specs > MBP: 2.4 GHz > Snow Leopard 10.6.4 (Recent Erase & Install) > QS: b58, clean install > WebSearch Module v104 > > On Jul 14, 9:52 am, dsanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't want to push any agenda involving distancing QS from Alcor. > > > But I do think there are two aspects of the Web Search Module that > > stand to be improved: > > > 1. I think the web search list on blacktree is bloated. In the version > > of the Web Search Module I have (from tiennou/blacktree-elements), > > there is the option to have two sources: the normal list and an > > "extended list". Perhaps there is a way to edit the web search lists > > on blacktree to take better advantage of this. Perhaps it would be > > better to switch to some other hosting (e.g., a github wiki) for these > > lists. > > > 2. In the "Custom" sources section of the catalog, I can either add a > > "Web Search List"---adding urls one at a time---I can add a local html > > file filled with search links via the "File and Folder Scanner". It > > would be nice to add a "Web Page Scanner" that harvests links, > > including searches, from a remote html file. Then it would be easy for > > the community of users to share web search lists of all kinds. > > > As for the wiki page I posted: perhaps the right thing to do instead > > is to fork blacktree-elements, create a branched version of the Web > > Search Module with the alternate Info.plist, and put the alternate web > > search page on the wiki of the github fork? I'm happy to do whatever > > the developers are most comfortable with.
