Steven, You might also want to check out some tools here[1] that should work with IE/Avante. I haven't tried any yet. I *am* really liking being able to search Wikipedia for selected text now... thanks for the good idea!
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_tools/Microsoft_Internet_Explorer Glenn -------- Original Message -------- > From: "Glenn Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:37 PM > To: "'DQSD users mailing list'" <dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Search related > > Updated to handle right-clicks on links. > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Carr > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:08 PM > To: 'DQSD users mailing list' > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Search related > > > Updated to remove HTML tags from the search text ('<b>search text</b>') > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Carr > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:19 PM > To: 'DQSD users mailing list' > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Search related > > > Steven, > > Here's a quick-n-dirty solution with some script... > http://www.dqsd.net/misc/SearchWikipediaContextMenu.zip > > There are two files... > - search_wikipedia.html > - search_wikipedia_ie_context_menu.reg > > The .reg file adds a context menu item "Search Wikipedia" to Internet > Explorer when you have text selected in the browser. I've only tested this > on XP, but it appears to work ok with Avante and IE. > > Installation... > - Extract the files to some directory > - Edit the .reg file and correct the path to the extracted .html file. > I.e., if you extracted the files to "C:\Documents and Settings\Glenn\My > Documents\search_wikipedia.html", change the path in the .reg to > "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Glenn\\My Documents\\search_wikipedia.html" > - Double click the .reg file to make the changes in the registry. > - You'll need to restart any open browser windows. > - With Avante I had to create an popup exception rule for *wikipedia* > windows. > > Anyway, it probably could be improved, but it seems to work pretty well. > > Glenn > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven > Bellamy > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 4:05 PM > To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [DQSD-Users] Search related > > > Windows XP > Avant Browser > > Not strictly DQSD but as this list has most of the 'search' and 'lookup' > gurus on it I hope you will allow this. > > I want to be able to highlight text in my browser and then right click and > search Wikipedia for the highlighted text. > > Wikipedia has problems but for my purpose (checkable facts and figures) it's > perfect. I find myself typing 'wik etc etc' into DQSD constantly. > > Any thoughts on how I can make the link to and search on Wikipedia as smooth > as possible. > > Thanks > > > > > > > _____ > > Need Mail bonding? > Go to the Yahoo! > <http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOAR > fcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=ask&sid=39654 > 6091> Mail Q&A for great > <http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOAR > fcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=ask&sid=39654 > 6091> tips from Yahoo! Answers users. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ 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
