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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Middle-clicking in Konqueror sometimes goes to whatever is in
From:       Michael Pyne <pynm0001 () comcast ! net>
Date:       2003-12-17 5:18:02
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On Tuesday 16 December 2003 21:52, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
> > > It should be REALLY, REALLY easy to do.  Grab the selection or primary
> > > clipboards, and run kfmexec openURL gg:<grabbedtext>
> > > But I don't know how to develop for KDE =(

It turns out that it's not that simple. :(

Try running it yourself: kfmexec openURL gg:google

On my system, it tells me that gg: is an unknown protocol (and of course, it's 
right.  gg: isn't a protocol, it's a web shortcut, which is Konqueror-only.).

As it stands, I was able to code a simple applet that does pretty much what 
you've outlined in your e-mail.  Middle-clicking will Google the contents of 
the clipboard, while left-clicking will open a new Google window.

There are two problems with the code:
1. Loading the icon seems to fail no matter what I do.  Loading the applet 
gives me a nice page icon, instead of the expected Google icon. :(

2. The width and heights I had to hardcode in because of runaway growth, which 
I though was rather odd...

I'm sort of at the end of my Automake mojo.  Henrique, feel free to fix these 
problems and otherwise take over from here.  Jason: Although Konqueror does 
go right to a link if it's valid on a middle-click, it doesn't redirect to 
Google (for me, anyways) if the attempted load failed.  So it looks like 
there may still be a use for an applet like this.

Anyways, it's at two places on the Internet:
1. http://grammarian.homelinux.net/ksearchapplet-0.1.tar.gz
2. http://www.unf.edu/~pynm0001/ksearchapplet-0.1.tar.gz

The archive is about 556K, which rather surprised me.  It's mainly because of 
the ac*.m4 files, and the configure script.

Please let me know if there are any problems or suggestions.

 - Michael Pyne
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