On Chrom* go to *Settings > Search > Manage Search Engines*. Add a new one and specify the keyword
[image: tiddlywiki_chrome_search.png] On Firefox go to the bookmark manager under the *Bookmark Menu > Show All*, and specify a keyword. You can also add a one on an existing bookmark from the menu by right-clicking on a bookmark and accessing properties. [image: tiddlywiki_firefox_search.png] On Monday, 15 June 2020 01:22:38 UTC+1, TW Tones wrote: > > Duarte, > > How do you specify the alias in chrome and/or FireFox. IF I understand > correctly this can be entered in the address bar and the value following > passed into the bookmark(lete) ? > > Regards > Tony > > On Monday, June 15, 2020 at 3:47:28 AM UTC+10, Duarte Farrajota Ramos > wrote: >> >> The %s string is a common placeholder for search terms, not something >> you would enter literally into the address bar. >> Say you setup a Firefox bookmark with name My Wiki, address file: >> ///D:/TiddlyWiki.html#:[!is[system]search[%s]] and alias wiki. >> If you then type into the address bar the alias followed by a space then >> a search term like say wiki personal notes it would then automatically >> resolve the address and take you to file: >> ///D:/TiddlyWiki.html#:[!is[system]search[personal notes]] . >> >> If you literally type file: >> ///D:/TiddlyWiki.html#:[!is[system]search[%s]] into the address bar it >> will apparently show a javascript error, if you want to just type directly >> you would have to actually write >> file:///D:/TiddlyWiki.html#:[!is[system]search[my >> search terms]] manually. >> >> >> >> >> On Sunday, 14 June 2020 06:36:24 UTC+1, A Gloom wrote: >>> >>> >>> For the record if anyone else wants to know how, you can simply add to >>> your browser something like >>> >>>> file:///D:/TiddlyWiki.html#:[!is[system]search[%s]] >>>> and it will behave like any search engine. Works both for Chrome-alike >>>> as from the search engine list, and for Firefox as a regular bookmark with >>>> an alias. >>>> >>> >>> :[!is[system]search[%s]] gave mw a Javascript error but useing a normal >>> search term instead of % worked fine. >>> >>> An note to any one reading-- a lag before anythng displays is normal >>> when using a filter in the permalink. >>> >>> >>> This trick can also be used with Google docs and sheets (though not >>> tested with a local wiki): >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/dR8hVQYR2P8/QSLZB-HkDwAJ >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6f04bfd0-aa01-460c-9bd6-80eec4df1bbao%40googlegroups.com.
