Ahh... gotcha. Thanks for the update (and fix).
On Jul 30, 7:52 pm, dsanson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
