Re: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Re: "C:\Windows\explorer.exe to the list of exceptions" I added it but still get the dreaded "DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed." FYI: Upon boot this morning I couldn't get the DQSD chevrons. I closed all apps so none were taking up space and it still no chevrons even with my dbl clicking the Search icon trick. Then for some reason after much finageling they appeared. I then added the exceptions and tried the update with the above result. Thanks, Kerry Kim Gräsman wrote: Hi Kerry, When I selected "Check for update" I got the exact same error massage "DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed." I did the "Check for update" procedure twice with the same results. Thanks, I'll be so pleased if I can get it working as it did before I upgraded to XP Pro and Service Pack 2. Since you have SP2, you probably have the firewall enabled. DQSD requires internet access for the update checks, so that could be it. If you want to test, add C:\Windows\explorer.exe to the list of exceptions temporarily, then do Check for Update. Does that work? You may want to add explorer.exe back afterwards, in case you don't desperately need update checks. - Kim --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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
RE: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kerry, > When I selected "Check for update" I got the exact same error > massage "DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. > Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed." > I did the "Check for update" procedure twice with the same results. > Thanks, I'll be so pleased if I can get it working as it did > before I upgraded to XP Pro and Service Pack 2. Since you have SP2, you probably have the firewall enabled. DQSD requires internet access for the update checks, so that could be it. If you want to test, add C:\Windows\explorer.exe to the list of exceptions temporarily, then do Check for Update. Does that work? You may want to add explorer.exe back afterwards, in case you don't desperately need update checks. - Kim --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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
RE: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kerry, > ...it's behaving differently than before when I had XP > Home and before ServicePack 2... When you get the taskbar sized and shaped exactly the way you want it (the quick launch toolbar, DQSD and the 'rest' of it) you can right click over the taskbar and check 'lock taskbar/toolbars' (or something like that) to prevent them from resizing on you. Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// At a time like this, that is all you can think to say? Gently? -- 'Princess Buttercup', The Princess Bride --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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
Re: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kim: You were right but now it's behaving differently than before when I had XP Home and before ServicePack 2 . What I just did to get it to work is dbl click on the word Search to the right of the vertical DQSD sizing bar. What happens is the Search icon jumps to the far left (touching the Quick Launch's vertical sizing bar), revealing a very large search field. Then the >> chevrons are displayed, which when I click them the DQSD menu appears correctly. The calendar displays correctly With XP Home I'd size search field so that the day, date and time fit exactly in the search field and, the chevrons would be at the right end of the search field. When I selected "Check for update" I got the exact same error massage "DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed." I did the "Check for update" procedure twice with the same results. Thanks, I'll be so pleased if I can get it working as it did before I upgraded to XP Pro and Service Pack 2. With aloha, Kerry Kim Gräsman wrote: Hi Kerry, And, now when I single, dbl, or right click on the << the tool tray expands and I can't get the DQSD menu but I can get the calendar by right clicking in the search field . The day and date shows fine. I think you're clicking the wrong chevron. DQSD's is pointing the other way: ">>". However, it only becomes visible if the search field holds a certain width, so try making it wider, and it should appear just to the right of the input box. I believe the one you're trying is the one that displays all tray notification area icons. I also got a desktop message "DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed." Provided you get the menu showing, can you try and click "Check for update..."? I think you may have run into a temporary error, but I want to make sure. Cheers, Kim --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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
RE: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kerry, > And, now when I single, dbl, or right click on the << the > tool tray expands and I can't get the DQSD menu but I can get > the calendar by right clicking in the search field . The day > and date shows fine. I think you're clicking the wrong chevron. DQSD's is pointing the other way: ">>". However, it only becomes visible if the search field holds a certain width, so try making it wider, and it should appear just to the right of the input box. I believe the one you're trying is the one that displays all tray notification area icons. > I also got a desktop > message "DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. > Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed." Provided you get the menu showing, can you try and click "Check for update..."? I think you may have run into a temporary error, but I want to make sure. Cheers, Kim --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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
Re: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Thanks Shawn, ": wordtobedefined" worked great, however, even though the MW site came up with the word defined I also got a desktop message "DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed." And, now when I single, dbl, or right click on the << the tool tray expands and I can't get the DQSD menu but I can get the calendar by right clicking in the search field . The day and date shows fine. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Kerry XP Pro Shawn K. Hall wrote: Hi Kerry, Is there a way to have Merriam Webster be the default dictionary - it has free pronunciation. You can control DQSD just about any way you could want. To override any existing search with another you just create an alias that overwrites the existing mapping. Add this to localaliases.txt, on it's own line: dic|mwd %s This will change the behavior of "dic" to search the Merriam Webster instead. HOWEVER, you can also shorten that a bit by using the default shorter search alias for MW of ":". Try this in DQSD (note the preceeding colon): :whatever Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// "For myself, I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston Churchill --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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 --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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
RE: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kerry, > Is there a way to have Merriam Webster be the default > dictionary - it has free pronunciation. You can control DQSD just about any way you could want. To override any existing search with another you just create an alias that overwrites the existing mapping. Add this to localaliases.txt, on it's own line: dic|mwd %s This will change the behavior of "dic" to search the Merriam Webster instead. HOWEVER, you can also shorten that a bit by using the default shorter search alias for MW of ":". Try this in DQSD (note the preceeding colon): :whatever Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// "For myself, I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston Churchill --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ 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
