Re: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
Hi Glenn, On Mon, 6 May 2002 14:45:29 -0500, you [Glenn Carr] wrote: }> I'm at a loss here. Uncheck what box? } }There's a new checkbox for enabling/disabling each search in the help }window. Thanks. Got it. [smacks head] -- Bill ___ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dqsd-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
> I'm at a loss here. Uncheck what box? There's a new checkbox for enabling/disabling each search in the help window. ___ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dqsd-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
Hi Dan, On Mon, 6 May 2002 13:32:55 -0500, you [Dan Martin] wrote: }This isn't isolated. At home where I've added all the latest Sourceforge }CVS files, I have the file "disabledsearches.txt". But here at work, I only }installed the latest beta. I have do not have the txt file, and it doesn't }get written if I uncheck a box. I'm at a loss here. Uncheck what box? -- Bill ___ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dqsd-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
oops! my mistake... grab that guy from CVS and you'll be ok. I'll add it to beta 7 tonight - Original Message - From: Monty Scroggins To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:47 PM Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff Ah that explains it... I think there should be a new js file - 'savesearchsettings.js'. It looks like this file was accidentally left out of the new package.. Monty _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Monty Scroggins Broadband Data Systems Engineering (BDSE) MCI Worldcom
RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
Ah that explains it... I think there should be a new js file - 'savesearchsettings.js'. It looks like this file was accidentally left out of the new package.. Monty _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Monty Scroggins Broadband Data Systems Engineering (BDSE) MCI Worldcom
RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
This isn't isolated. At home where I've added all the latest Sourceforge CVS files, I have the file "disabledsearches.txt". But here at work, I only installed the latest beta. I have do not have the txt file, and it doesn't get written if I uncheck a box. Looking at the folder, if memory serves there was an additional .js file added (disabledsearches.js or something like that?). But it appears that file is not being distributed with the latest release. -Dan -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Monty ScrogginsSent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:17 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff >1. how does disabling searches benefit us? does it help>in load time? does it just cut down on clutter in the>menu? if having all searches loaded isn't hurting>anything, why bother? who knows, in some rare occurrence>you may need a search you have disabled. > The idea is to be able to inhibit loading countless search forms, functions, variables etc that arent needed or wanted by the user. We currently have ~190 searches in the searches directory. If I only want or use 60 of them, why load all 190?.. The idea of disabling the searches was aimed at reducing the needless overhead. >2. i am having trouble figuring out what disabling>searches does anyway. i go into the help window and>uncheck a bunch of them, then i close the help window.>then i reload the toolbar !. then i open the menu and the>search is there. so i open the help window and the>searches i unchecked are re-checked. also i see no new>disabledsearches.txt (or whatever the name should be) in>my quick search directory. is there a save button i'm>missing, to save disabled searches? H.. something isnt working right for you. Disabled searches are recorded in the disabledsearches.txt file and the list is generated automatically by the toolbar and implemented when the toolbar is loaded or refreshed. Disabled searches should stay disabled until enabled again... Monty _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Monty Scroggins Broadband Data Systems Engineering (BDSE) MCI Worldcom
RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
>1. how does disabling searches benefit us? does it help>in load time? does it just cut down on clutter in the>menu? if having all searches loaded isn't hurting>anything, why bother? who knows, in some rare occurrence>you may need a search you have disabled. > The idea is to be able to inhibit loading countless search forms, functions, variables etc that arent needed or wanted by the user. We currently have ~190 searches in the searches directory. If I only want or use 60 of them, why load all 190?.. The idea of disabling the searches was aimed at reducing the needless overhead. >2. i am having trouble figuring out what disabling>searches does anyway. i go into the help window and>uncheck a bunch of them, then i close the help window.>then i reload the toolbar !. then i open the menu and the>search is there. so i open the help window and the>searches i unchecked are re-checked. also i see no new>disabledsearches.txt (or whatever the name should be) in>my quick search directory. is there a save button i'm>missing, to save disabled searches? H.. something isnt working right for you. Disabled searches are recorded in the disabledsearches.txt file and the list is generated automatically by the toolbar and implemented when the toolbar is loaded or refreshed. Disabled searches should stay disabled until enabled again... Monty _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Monty Scroggins Broadband Data Systems Engineering (BDSE) MCI Worldcom
RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
> 1. how does disabling searches benefit us? does it help in load > time? does it just cut down on clutter in the menu? if having > all searches loaded isn't hurting anything, why bother? The only way it benefits is that the prefixes don't interfere with default google searches, i.e., if I accidently enter a prefix for search I never use when I'm actually searching for a string with that prefix. Definitely, this is up for question as to whether it's worth including. I would certainly like to give them the option of not loading the search at all. But, I stopped with this. I'd also like to see this as the first step in getting updated searches from a central server. > who > knows, in some rare occurrence you may need a search you have disabled. True. If a search is disabled, it's easy enough to enable it again. One of the things I neglected was removing disabled searches from the popup menu. But, the more I thought about it the more I thought this might be desirable (but definitely needing documentation)... searches entered at the command-line are disabled, but searches selected from the popup are not disabled. Maybe that's just weird. > 2. i am having trouble figuring out what disabling searches does > anyway. i go into the help window and uncheck a bunch of them, > then i close the help window. then i reload the toolbar !. then > i open the menu and the search is there. so i open the help > window and the searches i unchecked are re-checked. also i see > no new disabledsearches.txt (or whatever the name should be) in > my quick search directory. is there a save button i'm missing, > to save disabled searches? Simply closing the help window should save a list of disabled searches to a text file in the install directory. > 3. i haven't tried this snippet thing. i'm not sure how i am > supposed to use it and why. Glenn asked what others thought > about making it a standard feature... i'm not sure... (maybe > because i haven't tried it) but it seems to me to border on scope > creep... or does it? this is a search bar... does the snippet > feature add to our ability to search? can i achieve the same > result with notepad open? I'm wrestling with the same thoughts. I'd like to see additions like this be totally self-contained in an XML file, so they could be made available as an add-on, for tech-savvy users (including the calendar code which I seldom use.) Unfortunately, this may mean that they popup menu can't be expanded (without some work by someone to make that available to an XML search somehow.) > i feel like a "nay-sayer". i am i missing something? Nope. Definitely good questions. I'd like to hear more thoughts and discussion. Also, I don't have any problem yanking the enable/disable search feature. Glenn ___ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Dqsd-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
RE: [DQSD-Users] new stuff
> this is a search bar... does the snippet feature add to our ability to search? I guess I must ask, does a calendar, a calculator, or a clock add to our ability to search? Don't get me wrong, I think these are excellent features. But you must agree - DQSD is more than a "Search Bar". Almost nothing in the "Functions" category is search related. But I am still glad they are there. > does the snippet feature add to our ability to search? If you've found something you were looking for, Snippets are a great way to record what you've found. I think it goes hand in hand with searching. > can i achieve the same result with notepad open? No. This editor allows you to paste portions, or all, of a web page, or web pages, into it. These "snippets" look exactly as they do on the original web page. Of course, you can edit the pasted contents. You could achieve the same thing with FrontPage or Word openbut I don't think that counts for obvious reasons. Hope that helps. I definitely hope you give it a try. -Dan -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John W. Bairen, Jr.Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:49 AMTo: DQSD, User SFSubject: [DQSD-Users] new stuff a few questions about the new stuff. 1. how does disabling searches benefit us? does it help in load time? does it just cut down on clutter in the menu? if having all searches loaded isn't hurting anything, why bother? who knows, in some rare occurrence you may need a search you have disabled. 2. i am having trouble figuring out what disabling searches does anyway. i go into the help window and uncheck a bunch of them, then i close the help window. then i reload the toolbar !. then i open the menu and the search is there. so i open the help window and the searches i unchecked are re-checked. also i see no new disabledsearches.txt (or whatever the name should be) in my quick search directory. is there a save button i'm missing, to save disabled searches? 3. i haven't tried this snippet thing. i'm not sure how i am supposed to use it and why. Glenn asked what others thought about making it a standard feature... i'm not sure... (maybe because i haven't tried it) but it seems to me to border on scope creep... or does it? this is a search bar... does the snippet feature add to our ability to search? can i achieve the same result with notepad open? i feel like a "nay-sayer". i am i missing something?
[DQSD-Users] new stuff
a few questions about the new stuff. 1. how does disabling searches benefit us? does it help in load time? does it just cut down on clutter in the menu? if having all searches loaded isn't hurting anything, why bother? who knows, in some rare occurrence you may need a search you have disabled. 2. i am having trouble figuring out what disabling searches does anyway. i go into the help window and uncheck a bunch of them, then i close the help window. then i reload the toolbar !. then i open the menu and the search is there. so i open the help window and the searches i unchecked are re-checked. also i see no new disabledsearches.txt (or whatever the name should be) in my quick search directory. is there a save button i'm missing, to save disabled searches? 3. i haven't tried this snippet thing. i'm not sure how i am supposed to use it and why. Glenn asked what others thought about making it a standard feature... i'm not sure... (maybe because i haven't tried it) but it seems to me to border on scope creep... or does it? this is a search bar... does the snippet feature add to our ability to search? can i achieve the same result with notepad open? i feel like a "nay-sayer". i am i missing something?
