WebSearch 0.5

[mfb]

Hi Argolance,

Thank you for your latest version 0.3 which is working well here, though I have two requests:

(1) Are the height and width of the display (bottom left of image below) easily reduced, as shown where my calculator (with 64,000,000 entered) is displayed (bottom right of the image below)?

(2) Very few are obvious to me, so please does anyone have any tips as to which engines are especially useful for any particular type of search?

[musher0]

Merci, gracie, gracias, danke, thanks, Argolance.

[Argolance]

Bonsoir,
@mfb
Thank you!

(1) Are the height and width of the display (bottom left of image below) easily reduced, as shown where my calculator (with 64,000,000 entered) is displayed (bottom right of the image below)?

Yes, but it is not possible to go below a certain height without the buttons becoming unreadable. Maybe once we know how to use them, just colored buttons without images?

(2) Very few are obvious to me, so please does anyone have any tips as to which engines are especially useful for any particular type of search?

Don't you think the best way is to go to the page of the selected engine, see what it is and then keep the engines you are interested in and delete or simply remove the others? This is what I have done among the many engines I found. I only kept those I thought were relevant. This remains very subjective but user can easily add the engines he wants, taking as a model the existing configuration files in the /usr/local/websearch/engines directory.
More: if ever something really amazing is found, it is recommanded to report it on this thread. On my side, 500px is great to find photos about anything (example: puppies!).

@musher0


Cordialement

[vovchik]

Dear Argolance,

Websearch is very nicely done and works well, too. To get it to run in my Raspbian PI3, I had to change all the instances of root to $HOME (one search/replace operation) in the file /usr/local/websearch/websearch. It also runs nicely in Mint with that change. I also made a little SVG icon for Websearch - just for fun.

Thanks.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[Argolance]

Bonjour,
@vovchik
Thanks.
I think it is indeed interesting to change /root/ to $HOME in the next release if it allows WebSearch to run properly using other OS than Puppy.

Cordialement.

[musher0]

@vovchik:

Why it will not run on mint or rasperry-something with "/root".

The other distros have a /root directory, no?

BFN.

[musher0]

@Argolance:

I tested your v. 3.0. Almost everything ok! (taquinerie / tease)

Is it possible to make the Enter key NOT ERASE the entry in the search-
word box? Is it possible to make the Enter key start the search instead,
like it does in most browsers? TIA.

Is it possible to include a button to go edit the search list manually, in
one's text editor? TIA

I do not know most of the search engines you include. You mentioned
somewhere above that 500px is for pictures, but I had to search about
RottenTomatoes (it's for actors' reviews).

Is it possible to a have a short description of each search engine's
specialty? (Or if it is a generalist search engine.) As a separate info file in
plain text will be fine. TIA.

Why is the Exit explanation only in English? (Pls see attached scrot.)

As vovchik said, changing /root to $HOME is child's play. I did it and your
v. 3 still works fine in this xenialPup-706_32-bits. So you could have ONE
version for all Linuxes. (Just a thought.)

À la revoyure ! / BFN

[vovchik]

Dear Musher0,

Plain vanilla raspian and mint require a sudo to do anything in /root, so it is preferable, I think, to make that bit distro-agnostic, since it makes the program universal, makes no difference in operation, and in no way diminishes performance when you happen to be "su". In any case, I did that for my own purposes and, as you say, it was a cinch (one search and replace). And it worked.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[Argolance]

Bonsoir,

Is it possible to make the Enter key NOT ERASE the entry in the search-word box? Is it possible to make the Enter key start the search instead, like it does in most browsers? TIA.

Two things I noticed but I admit I don't know how to solve this. Concerning the use of the Enter key, I followed the section of the message "Press 'Enter' instead of clicking the 'Ok' button" in the zigbert's "GtkDialog - tips" thread but without success. The code is still in my script but has not the expected effect, probably because it should be applied to a simple "entry" and not a "comboboxentry". The Find button has the focus but looses it as soon as user click the boxes. If anyone has the solution, I'm interested!

Is it possible to include a button to go edit the search list manually, in one's text editor? TIA

This list, as said above, is created dynamically at startup of WebSearch. So, if you delete one the configuration file from the engine directory, this is immediately taken into account by the script, the same for any added configuration file. I thought about adding a button to open the engine directory but I forgot to do it.

I do not know most of the search engines you include. You mentioned somewhere above that 500px is for pictures, but I had to search about RottenTomatoes (it's for actors' reviews).
Is it possible to a have a short description of each search engine's specialty? (Or if it is a generalist search engine.) As a separate info file in plain text will be fine. TIA.

It would be possible but, as said above to mfb asking the same question, every one can jump to the welcome page of every sites, have a look and make his own opinion about their opportunity. I think that this has not to be integrated into the script but rather be the subject of a dedicated thread where everyone could contribute their opinion.

Why is the Exit explanation only in English? (Pls see attached scrot.)

Sorry, I forgot to update the translation mo file of the latest version.

As vovchik said, changing /root to $HOME is child's play. I did it and your v. 3 still works fine in this xenialPup-706_32-bits. So you could have ONE version for all Linuxes. (Just a thought.)

It is exactly my thought...
Merci beaucoup.

Cordialement.

[radky]

Hi Argolance,

Testing WebSearch 3.0 -- looks very good!

One small issue: In Preferences, italicized text does not render correctly in the tooltip of the 'Above' checkbox.

Perhaps 'tooltip-text' should be 'tooltip-markup' in line #219.

Thanks again!

[musher0]

Hello all.

Please find attached a brief description of the search engines included in
Argolance's utility, both as a screen capture, below, and as an attached ods
(OpenOffice scalc) file.

I plucked the descriptions from the sites themselves or from reliable sources
such as wikipedia, so they should be up to date as of this writing.

Please feel free to add below any significant info or precision about these
search sites.

Best regards

[Argolance]

Bonsoir,
@musher0

Please find attached a brief description of the search engines

Thank you so much for this!
I included this description as simple txt file displayed with Xdialog from WebSearch "Preferences" gui and also translated it into French for French speaking users...

WebSearch 0.4 is available. Details in the first message of this topic.
(thanks to vovchik)

Cordialement.

[musher0]

My pleasure! / Il n'y a pas de quoi !

[nilsonmorales]

rename gz to mo

[Argolance]

rename gz to mo

Thanks!

[musher0]

Hello Argolance and all.

The search engines table appeared somewhat jagged on my Pup so I tried
to rework the layout through the following script:

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#!/bin/bash
# /root/my-applications/bin/BellePres.sh
# Répertoire suggéré pour ce script / Suggested directory
# for this script.
#
# But -- Améliorer la mise en forme des listes de moteurs 
# de recherche de l'utilitaire "websearch" par Argolance. /
# Goal -- Improve the layout of the search engines lists in
# Argolance's utility "websearch".
#
# (c) musher0, Gatineau (Qc), Canada, 2018-12-19. GPL3.
####
Y="                    : "
LongY="${#Y}"
#
for lang in fr en;do # On peut ajouter des langues. /
# More languages can be added.
#
	ReP=/usr/local/websearch/help_files
	TxT="$ReP/websearch_engines_$lang.txt2"
# Ce fichier pour éviter les accidents; en changer au besoin. /
# That file name to avoid accidents; change as needed.
	rm -f $TxT
	LignE="-------------       :  ------------------------------------------"
	> $TxT
	while read line;do
		Z="";Z="$line"
		A="";A="${Z%;*}";LongA="${#A}" 
		X="${Y:$LongA:$LongY}"
		B="";B="${Z#*;}"
		if [ "${A}" = " " ];then
			echo "${Y}${B}" >> $TxT
		else	
			echo "${A}${X}${B}" >> $TxT
		fi
	done < $ReP/websearch_engines_$lang.csv2
	echo "$LignE" >> $TxT
	more $TxT # On peut diéser cette ligne. /
# The above line can be commented out.
done

It looks perfect when viewed with the less utility:

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Engine              : Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------
500px               : Canada-based global online photography
                    :  community and network
Ask                 : Generalist search engine
Bandcamp            : Pop music
Bing                : Generalist search engine
CNN                 : American news network
Cplusplus           : C++ Resources Network
Crunchyroll         : Anime repertoire
Docker Hub          : Library and community for container images
Dribbble            : Community for Designers
DuckDuckGo          : Generalist search engine
eBay                : Online auction and shopping website
Ecosia              : Search engine that plants trees
Facebook            : Social media
Gibiru              : Uncensored Anonymous Search
Giphy               : Animated GIFs Search Engine
Google              : General search engine
Internet Archive    : Archived internet material
Lilo                : Search engine that finances social and eco-
                    :  friendly projects, and protects privacy.
Netflix             : Online streaming of films and TV programs
NhacCuaTui          : Free online music streaming
Pinterest           : Multi-lingual visual discovery,
                    :  collection, and storage tool
Quora               : Forum to share knowledge and better
                    :  understand the world.
Qwant               : Forum-type search engine that respects your
                    :  privacy, and eases discovering and sharing
                    :  via a social approach
Rotten Tomatoes     : Info on movies, celebs and critics,
                    :  reviews and ratings, plus trailers and exclusives
Slideshare          : Aims at making knowledge sharing easy
                    :  through sharing of presentation slides
SoundCloud          : Online audio distribution platform and
                    :  music sharing website
Stack Overflow      : Specialized Linux forum
Swisscows           : Data-safe search engine and the absolute
                    :  alternative to Google
The Register        : Technology news and opinion website
Twitter             : American real-time information network and
                    :  social networking service
Vimeo               : Video-sharing website
Wikipedia           : Participative encyclopedia
WolframAlpha        : Computational knowledge or answer engine
Yahoo               : News, email and generalist search engine
Yandex              : World-class, locally relevant search and
                    :  information services
YouTube             : Generalist video site
-------------       :  ------------------------------------------

but it still looks jagged (less than it was, let's say) when viewed
with websearch's gtkdialog viewer.

(Not a criticism, not a tease. This said wearing white gloves, and bowing
my head in respect. I'm just trying to help improve things, here.)

The formatting script above is sound, I have tested it numerous times.
Plus, it can accommodate tables in different languages, process them in a
row in a cinch, provided the originating csv2 files are well formed.

Now, if someone knows the magic formula for a text in columns to look
identical in console and GUI, please chime in?

I have included everything in the attached zip file, for interested
people to test, etc. (Do not forget to make the script executable before.)

BFN.

[mikeslr]

Hi Argolance,

In the original post you provide gtk2desklet-3.1.pet. But, I can't find any reference to it or discussion about it. So, why and when?

Nevermind. Found it on first post: "Display WebSearch as desktop application (needs gtkdialog-desklet)".

But you've left out Puppy's Custom Google Search, the hardest Search-Engine to find, and the one most useful for tracking down Puppies' utilities and oddities:

https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=015995643 ... #gsc.tab=0.

FWIW: I can get WebSearch to open that engine, but not automatically use the Search Term entered into WebSearch. But then, I never represented that I could actually code.

Speaking of getting lost, I finally figured out how to use Aroglance's included text file identifying Search Engines: Click preferences, then Click the (!) at the bottom-right corner. But how to use --or test-- musher0's creation still escapes me.

[musher0]

Hi mikeslr.

As a user, you don't need to use my little script above. It's more of a
question / suggestion / oddity / possible improvement addressed to
Argolance and other coders.

Happy Holidays!

[Argolance]

Bonjour,

In the original post you provide gtk2desklet-3.1.pet. But, I can't find any reference to it or discussion about it. So, why and when?

gtk2desklet 3.1 by akash_rawal (sources files for compiling the lib are in the package).
I take this opportunity to report the error message below when using gtkdialog-desklet, that is not fatal and does not prevent the program from working properly but that an experienced coder could perhaps correct?

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(gtkdialog:5297): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_set_default_colormap: assertion `GDK_IS_COLORMAP (colormap)' failed

FWIW: I can get WebSearch to open that engine, but not automatically use the Search Term entered into WebSearch.

It is the case for this one and for some others. This is the reason why I didn't list them among the WebSearch engines.

The search engines table appeared somewhat jagged on my Pup so I tried to rework the layout through the following script:

Thank you for your effort to solve the text formatting. You are welcome.
I admit I hesitated between two ways of displaying information about the engines:

• - a basic text file displayed through a simple Xdialog window
  - an html file using the basichtmlviewer (it is what I usually do for scripts that I make for ToOpPy)

But I thought that the first solution was more "universal" and it is the reason why I chose it. It seems not to be the good one because it depends on the font and the result varies a lot from a font to another.
-------------------------------------------
After listening to your suggestions (thank you all) and implementing some of them to the script, I do not see now what could be added to WebSearch and the next version should (don't smile!) be the final one. In the meantime here is a tar patch to fix the formatting problem.

Cordialement

[fredx181]

I admit I hesitated between two ways of displaying information about the engines:

- a basic text file displayed through a simple Xdialog window
- an html file using the basichtmlviewer (it is what I usually do for scripts that I make for ToOpPy)

I did some experimenting with Xdialog, as far as I know you cannot set the font with Xdialog, so did like this (to set to Mono font):

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# create /tmp/gtkrc_websearch
echo '
style "window"
{
#  fg[NORMAL] = "#FF4B00"
#  bg[NORMAL] = "#92A4A8"
# base[NORMAL] = "#4db1c5"
 font_name= "DejaVu Sans Mono Bold 9"
}
class "GtkWidget"  style "window"
' > /tmp/gtkrc_websearch

cat "/root/websearch_engines_en.txt" | awk -F "|" '//{printf "%-20s %s\n",$1, $2 }' | GTK2_RC_FILES="/tmp/gtkrc_websearch" Xdialog --title "WebSearch - Engines Info" --left --no-cancel --textbox - 30 130 

And modified engines_en.txt to use "|" as separator (attached, placed it in /root just to test above code.)

Maybe it's useful somehow, your html output above looks better , btw.

Fred