Shoot... Jeff below I said "If I understand it you should be able to put something like the following in your localaliases.txt:" It should've been localprefs.js. Sorry.
JB > -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Bairen, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 7:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Using another editor and browser > > > Hi Jeff. > > I started to reply to your e-mail last week but got lost in > actually getting it to work. There is an xml file in the > searches directory (configure.xml). These functions are in that file... > > function editCSSFile(strFilename) > { > var myEditor = (typeof cssEditorExe != "undefined") > ? cssEditorExe : "notepad"; > var install_dir = "."; > if (ensureLauncher()) > { > install_dir = DQSDLauncher.InstallationDirectory; > } > var cmd = "\""+myEditor+"\" > \""+install_dir+"\\"+strFilename + "\""; > openDocument(cmd); > > } > > function editConfigFile(strFilename) > { > var myEditor = (typeof configureEditorExe != > "undefined") ? configureEditorExe : "notepad"; > var install_dir = "."; > if (ensureLauncher()) > { > install_dir = DQSDLauncher.InstallationDirectory; > } > var cmd = "\""+myEditor+"\" > \""+install_dir+"\\"+strFilename + "\""; > openDocument(cmd); > } > > If I understand it you should be able to put something like the > following in your localaliases.txt: > cssEditorExe="c:\progfiles\myapp\myapp.exe" > configureEditorExe="c:\progfiles\myapp2\myapp2.exe" > > making the appropriate edits as necessary. > > PROBLEM: I couldn't get that to work. (Brent, I think you wrote > configure.xml is this correct? Should the !="undefined" actually > be ="undefined" in the functions?) > > SO: You could always just edit those functions in configure.xml > and replace "notepad" with the full path to the exe. > BUT: Configure.xml will always get overwritten on upgrade. > > SO: There are 3 possibilities to overcome this: > 1. Make a back up of your configure.xml after making the change. > Put that file in place after any future upgrades. > 2. Make configure.xml read-only. Then it "shouldn't" get over > written on upgrade. > 3. Put a copy of the changed configure.xml file in your > localsearches directory. I "think" this will cause it to > over-ride the main one in the searches directory. But I am not > sure about this one. > > I think the Opera problem is based on the fact that deep down in > your registry... somewhere IE still thinks it is the default. I > am not sure about this since I do not use Opera. Maybe some > other Opera user can pipe in. You might try using the SetBrowser > tool to help setting Opera as the default browser everywhere. > You can get SetBrowser here: > > http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/freeware/setbrowser/ > > Sorry it took so long to get you an answer. Let us know which of > these suggestions help and which do not. > > Thanks, > JB > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeffrey A. > > Shumway > > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 7:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [DQSD-Users] Using another editor and browser > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have two quick questions as a new user of this fine search tool. > > > > First, is there a way to open the preferences.js in my own editor rather > > than in Notepad. > > > > Second, the default browser option does not seem to be working. I have > > launchmode=1; specified in my localprefs.js file and I have restarted > > Quick Search, but it still launches IE if no other browser window is > > open. If I have Opera open, it will pass the parameters to Opera. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff > > -- > > Jeffrey A. Shumway > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. > > The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. > > Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. > > www.slickedit.com/sourceforge > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe visit: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
