CPAN search from mozilla address bar
no idea if anyone will find this useful but: if you use mozilla (on linux/*nix at least) stick this: search name="CPAN" description="CPAN Search" method="GET" action="http://search.cpan.org/search" input name="mode" value="module" input name="query" user /search in a file called cpan.src in the searhcplugins directory of your mozilla install. restart mozilla. go the the internet search options, select CPAN as your default Search Engine and hey presto, you can now search cpan direct from the mozilla address bar. only don't tick the display in my sidebar option as it doesn't work. struan
Re: CPAN search from mozilla address bar
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:35:25PM +0100, Struan Donald wrote: no idea if anyone will find this useful but: if you use mozilla (on linux/*nix at least) stick this: To do something similar for Netscape, look at http://bofh.concordia.ca/ns/ns-cli.txt (Netscape can call out to a CGI program to parse "commands" in the location bar) -- Actually Perl *can* be a Bondage Discipline language but it's unique among such languages in that it lets you use safe words. -- Piers Cawley
Re: CPAN search from mozilla address bar
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:35:25PM +0100, Struan Donald wrote: no idea if anyone will find this useful but: if you use mozilla (on linux/*nix at least) stick this: search name="CPAN" description="CPAN Search" method="GET" action="http://search.cpan.org/search" input name="mode" value="module" input name="query" user /search in a file called cpan.src in the searhcplugins directory of your mozilla install. restart mozilla. go the the internet search options, select CPAN as your default Search Engine and hey presto, you can now search cpan direct from the mozilla address bar. only don't tick the display in my sidebar option as it doesn't work. Is there any way to get this installed into my ~/.mozilla directory instead of installing it globally? I've tried creating a searchplugins directory, but it's not being picked up, even when I remove my localstore.rdf file... -Dom
