| Firefox search plugin [message #60977] |
Wed, 02 July 2008 01:52  |
lbnc
Messages: 15
Registered: January 2005
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Hi there,
rather than using the built-in help from IDL I find myself using the
webpages at http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/idl_html_help/Functional_List_ of_IDL_Routines.html
all the time. Because you can navigate quite easily to the help page
once you know the name of the function/procedure you are interested
in, I wrote a small search plugin for Firefox that allows you to just
enter the routine name in the search field in the top right corner
(upper case!) and voila! magic happens and you navigate to the right
help page. If you want to be able to do that, too, do the following:
0) download and install Firefox from www.mozilla.com
1) navigate to the searchplugins directory in your installation
directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\)
2) open a file called IDL.xml using your favourite editor and insert
the following
<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<ShortName>IDL Help</ShortName>
<Description>Function/Procedure Lookup for IDL</Description>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-
icon;base64,Qk32AAAAAAAAAHYAAAAoAAAAEAAAABAAAAABAAQAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAgAAAAICAAIAAAACAAIAAgIAA AICAgADAwMAAAAD
%2FAAD%2FAAAA%2F%2F8A%2FwAAAP8A%2FwD%2F%2FwAA%2F%2F%2F
%2FAIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIgAiIiIiIiIgLMIiIiIiIiAswiIiIiIiIgAiIiIiIi IgLMIiIiIiIiAswiIiIiIiICzCIiIiIiIgLswiIiIiIAIC7MIiIiICzCAuzC IiIgLMIgLMIiIiAuzALswiIiIgLu7swiIiIiIAAAAiIiIiIiIiIiIiI </
Image>
<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://
idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/idl_html_help/{searchTerms}.html"></Url >
<SearchForm>http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/idl_html_help/
Functional_List_of_IDL_Routines.html</SearchForm>
</SearchPlugin>
3) save file, restart Firefox
4) select IDL Help as the search engine in the top right corner of
Firefox
5) type PLOT and hit enter
6) Bob's your uncle.
I "stole" the icon from my IDL 6.2 installation, I hope I am forgiven.
Obviously, if you are using the IDL help, you will find this feature
completely pointless, however there might be people who use the help
pages like me so I thought I share.
So long
Lasse Clausen
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