[DQSD-Users] Wikipedia search
Thanks Glenn. I really wish I could get your highlight and search technique to work. So far nothing happens. I have carefully edited the reg file to include the path to the search HTML but after I install the reg, restart and then right click in the browser I don't see anything about Wikipedia. I must be doing something wrong. Has anyone else had this problem. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:08 PM To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: DQSD-Users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 7 Send DQSD-Users mailing list submissions to dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of DQSD-Users digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: WikipediaSearch related (Glenn Carr) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:18:34 -0700 From: Glenn Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] WikipediaSearch related To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 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_Interne t_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 ('bsearch 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=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0N TEwOAR fcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=asksid =39654 6091 Mail QA for great http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0N TEwOAR fcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=asksid =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
Re: [DQSD-Users] Wikipedia search
Steven, Make sure that the path in the .reg file has double backslashes for the path delimiters. A good way to make sure the path in the registry is correct is to merge the .reg file to the registry (double-click it), then edit the registry directly with regedit to set the path. Attached is a screenshot of what my registry entry looks like. Export the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt, and send it to me directly (glenn at glenncarr dot com), and I'll see if I see any problems. Glenn Thanks Glenn. I really wish I could get your highlight and search technique to work. So far nothing happens. I have carefully edited the reg file to include the path to the search HTML but after I install the reg, restart and then right click in the browser I don't see anything about Wikipedia. I must be doing something wrong. Has anyone else had this problem. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:08 PM To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: DQSD-Users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 7 Send DQSD-Users mailing list submissions to dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of DQSD-Users digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: WikipediaSearch related (Glenn Carr) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:18:34 -0700 From: Glenn Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] WikipediaSearch related To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 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/Mic rosoft_Interne t_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 ('bsearch 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