Glad you got it working. I'm pretty sure the URL the web search plugin uses has been updated (blacktree.com is the old home of quicksilver, everything should be using qsapp.com now).
Sadly the manual is old and some stuff is out of date, though its still useful for lots of examples and finding all the bits you need to get right to configure something (even if some details like the URL are incorrect). Since the manual was written Quicksilver's plugin help has improved greatly. In the Plugins prefs, select a plugin and the ? button in the bottom right of the window will open help for that plugin. That's the most up-to-date help info available for plugins. FYI, you can check what items a plugin adds to the catalog as follows. Go to the Catalog Preference Pane. Find the "catalog source" you want (say in the Plugins section in the left pane). Click the i button in the lower right corner of the window and look at the Contents tab of the popup. (As I said before about QS, easy but not obvious :) ) Howard > On Oct 18, 2015, at 3:19 AM, Tim Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > > That was the problem (404 error). I added a custom web search URL for google > and now I can search. > I hope that website comes back. Too bad there is mechanism for alternate > sources of URLs. > > On Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:45:46 UTC+11, Tim Richardson wrote: > > Jump straight to the Web Search section (page 90). > Assuming you have it all installed completely, you could bring up Google > search in the first (subject) pane, Search For in the second (action) pane, > and your string "weather near geelong" in the third (object) pane. > > Thanks. Perhaps I don't have the search entries in the catalog, because > searching for "Google" in the Subject box only brings up applications and > files which match. > Yet I have the WebSearch Plugin ticked un Prefs -> Plugins. > In Prefs -> Catalog -> Plugins I can see WebSearches(Full List) and Web > Searches (Simple). Simple sounds like my speed at present so I unticked Full > List. > However, I don't know how to view the contents of the "Catalog" to see what > is actually included. > I also notice that there is a shortcut to add my own custom Web Search List > to the catalog via the + button and Web Search List. The manual says that the > plugin is responsible for this menu so the plugin is definitely active. > But I can't see that it has added anything to the catalog. > > The manual says "The built-in web search list is pretty large, but it can be > extended if needed. The list is at this web page (link). Quicksilver reads > this web page when it updates the catalog." > The link to the web page is > http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/web_search_list > but it gives a 404 > Perhaps this is the problem? > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Quicksilver" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
