A searchengine is essentially a string substitution. A userscript is a full-fledged executable with infinite possibilities. These infinite possibilities include infinite possible bugs and security risks :)
If a searchengine works for your use case, keep it simple and stick with that. Userscripts are useful for advanced processing or integration with external tools, like a password manager. You might glance at some if the scripts included in qutebrowser if you're curious. -Ryan On January 22, 2019 9:46:33 PM EST, Luis Mochan <moc...@icf.unam.mx> wrote: >Another question, >I found out about the userscripts in qutebrowser. I guess they could >also be used, as well as the solution below, for translating from a >doi number to an access into the doi webpage and the actual article. >What would be the advantages/disadvantages of a userscript solution as >compared to the c.url.searchengines one? >Regards, >Luis > > >On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 03:54:26PM -0600, Luis Mochan wrote: >> Hi Patric, >> >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 01:07:47PM +0100, Patric Schmitz via >qutebrowser wrote: >> > ... >> > could it be sufficient to define a search engine for this? So >create an >> > entry in c.url.searchengines in your config.py like >> > >> > 'doi': 'https://doi.org/{}', >> > >> > which will allow you to just write >> > >> > doi ... >> > >> > in the address line? It won't be possible to click URL links of the >form you >> > mentioned, but maybe that's enough for your usecase? >> >> Yes, indeed. Thanks! >> >> Regards, >> Luis >> >> -- >> >> o >> W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 >/<(*) >> Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ > /\ >> Apdo. Postal 48-3, 62251 | >(*)/\/ \ >> Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | moc...@fis.unam.mx /\_/\__/ >> GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB >> >> > >-- > > o >W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) >Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ >/\ >Apdo. Postal 48-3, 62251 | (*)/\/ > \ >Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | moc...@fis.unam.mx /\_/\__/ >GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
