houghi

I have made a search for the openSUSE software for version 10.3. OK, so
there is no automated installation as with other search engines, but
still it works for me.

If you so desire, please rip it and put it on mozdev as your own.

So what do you do: Download http://houghi.org/Fun/openSUSE103.xml
~.mozilla/firefox/<smoething>.default/searchplugins/ where <smoething>
is something you should figure out yourself.
Next restart firefox. You can edit the place where it is.

If you want to searh for an other version, edit openSUSE103.xml by
changing baseproject=openSUSE%3A10.3
You can also delete &amp;baseproject=openSUSE%3A10.3 so it will search
for all versions.

Yeah, probably it is included in the standard installation. I recall
there was some Novell stuff as well. That is gone now as well with me.
Can anybody verify if the search is there? If not, I will open a bug
report to add it in future releases.


houghi
--
The whole principle [of censorship] is wrong. It's like demanding that
grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak.
-- Robert A. Heinlein in "The Man Who Sold the Moon"

Chris Maaskant

houghi schreef:

> Yeah, probably it is included in the standard installation. I recall
> there was some Novell stuff as well. That is gone now as well with me.
> Can anybody verify if the search is there? If not, I will open a bug
> report to add it in future releases.

Your search tool works with firefox if that what you mean.
There is no such thing by default in firefox, only search engines for novell
cool solutions and documentation.
--
Chris Maaskant

houghi

Chris Maaskant wrote:
> houghi schreef:
>
>> Yeah, probably it is included in the standard installation. I recall
>> there was some Novell stuff as well. That is gone now as well with me.
>> Can anybody verify if the search is there? If not, I will open a bug
>> report to add it in future releases.
>
> Your search tool works with firefox if that what you mean.
> There is no such thing by default in firefox, only search engines for novell
> cool solutions and documentation.

OK, thanks. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=343912

houghi
--
The whole principle [of censorship] is wrong. It's like demanding that
grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak.
-- Robert A. Heinlein in "The Man Who Sold the Moon"

darklight

or go here and smart will do eb=very thing for you

http://koolinus.wordpress.com/2007/1...-opensuse-103/

houghi

darklight wrote:
> or go here and smart will do eb=very thing for you
>
> http://koolinus.wordpress.com/2007/1...-opensuse-103/

No, it doesn't. Firsdt if I want a program to search software, I use
YaST. I however want a search in Firefox, so that I can searcg the
software website directly.

houghi
--
But I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am
free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I
tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free
because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

darklight

houghi wrote:

> darklight wrote:
>> or go here and smart will do eb=very thing for you
>>
>>
http://koolinus.wordpress.com/2007/1...-opensuse-103/
>
> No, it doesn't. Firsdt if I want a program to search software, I use
> YaST. I however want a search in Firefox, so that I can searcg the
> software website directly.
>
> houghi

ya and if you want once smart is installed you can edit the channels and
extract the url address and go to the site thats what i do so i can
download the packages i want and save them to disk as i did with beryl

houghi

darklight wrote:
>> No, it doesn't. Firsdt if I want a program to search software, I use
>> YaST. I however want a search in Firefox, so that I can searcg the
>> software website directly.
>>
>> houghi
>
> ya and if you want once smart is installed you can edit the channels and
> extract the url address and go to the site thats what i do so i can
> download the packages i want and save them to disk as i did with beryl

OK, great that it works for you, but all I want is to have a search to
the software for 10.3 on the openSUSE.org website.
That way if I find anything, I can either copy and paste it here, or if
I want to install it, click on it and install it.
If I so desire, I could download the files first as well.

So to me there is no advantage of using smart instead of YaST/Firefox.

houghi
--
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done,
and why. Then do it.
-- Heinlein : Time Enough For Love

EOS

houghi wrote:

> I have made a search for the openSUSE software for version 10.3. OK, so
> there is no automated installation as with other search engines, but
> still it works for me.

nice ;-)
is there advantage for using openSUSE103.xml
over http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/
--
EOS
www.photo-memories.be
Running KDE 3.5.8 / openSUSE 10.3

houghi

EOS wrote:
> houghi wrote:
>
>> I have made a search for the openSUSE software for version 10.3. OK, so
>> there is no automated installation as with other search engines, but
>> still it works for me.
>
> nice ;-)
> is there advantage for using openSUSE103.xml
> over http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/

I asume you are talkinga bout openSUSE software search over webpin, not
a file over a website.

I have no idea, as I do not know it well enough. webpin used to be
'just' a webimplementation of "pin". Apparently they have moved on.
However I want to use it to point people towards software and for that I
rather use the official site to show that openSUSE does a lot of work as
well. Advertisement, brand awareness, whatever you like to call it.

It might confuse new people if they have to visist 27 different sites,
while almost all of the information is available in one place

If you WERE talking about the file over the webpin site, the advantage
of using the file is that you can use it directly from your browser.

If you like that and still want to use the search in Firefox, just do a
search and look how the result looks. e.g. you will see
http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/...earchTerm=slrn

Now you open openSUSE103.xml and look for the old search item and
replace that. Also change other things as well. Next look for a 16x16
icon to replace it and paste that URL in here;
http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/cgi/data/data and paste that into the
file.

More infor on making searches for your browser on the page
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...ns_for_Firefox

houghi
--
Remind me to write an article on the compulsive reading of news. The
theme will be that most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit
of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers. -- Heinlein

Chris Maaskant

houghi schreef:

>> nice ;-)
>> is there advantage for using openSUSE103.xml
>> over http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/
>
> I asume you are talkinga bout openSUSE software search over webpin, not
> a file over a website.
>
> I have no idea, as I do not know it well enough.

Webpin also searches all known repositories for the given opensuse distro.
I did a search for mplayer on both:
Webpin - http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/...chTerm=mplayer
Opensuse -
http://software.opensuse.org/search?...10.3&q=mplayer
--
Chris Maaskant