Hey Bennett, Welcome to DQSD.
That would be correct, except... That feature (using : for a dictionary) is done via an alias. In a fairly recent build, we removed many of the default aliases. The web page just hasn't been updated to reflect this. Here is how you correct this... (it is pretty easy) 1. click on the >> thing on your DQSD search box (this is called a chevron) 2. a menu should open. 3. go up to "configure" ... "local aliases" (be sure and edit "local aliases" as "system aliases" get overwritten at upgrade time). 4. make a line in your localaliases.txt file that looks like this (can copy/paste) :|mwd %s 5. Save and close the file. 6. Click on the DQSD chevron again... Configure... Reload. Now the following should work for you... : sunshine sunshine : Let us know if this doesn't help. JB > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Bennett Haselton > Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 5:41 PM > To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [DQSD-Users] definition: feature not working for me > > I just installed DQSD on Windows XPSP2, and it looks like a > nitfy time-and-click-saver, but I can't get the definition: > feature to work for me. The home page at http://dqsd.net/ > says 'get Merriam-Webster definitions with a "colon:"' and I > interpreted that to mean that if I type > sunshine: in the query box then I would jump to the > dictionary definition of 'sunshine'. However, it interprets > this as a Google search for "sunshine:" (without the quotes) > and takes me here: > http://www.google.com/search?hl=&cat=&meta=&num=&ie=utf-8&q=su > nshine%3A > > Same problem with the other searches which are supposed to > lead to places other than Google -- searching on "msft$" > doesn't lead to stocks and "Lois Lane#" doesn't lead to a > Switchboard lookup, they all just go to the Google page. > > -Bennett > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peacefire.org > (425) 497 9002 > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe visit: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
