FreshPorts search plugin

[Dan Langille]

On 1 Feb 2007 at 13:28, IOnut wrote:

> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:33:36 -0500
> "Dan Langille" <dan at langille.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 31 Jan 2007 at 10:28, Bakul Shah wrote:
> > 
> > > > I would like a FreshPorts plugin for my broswer.  You know what I 
> > > > mean... I little box into which I can search FreshPorts.org.
> > > > 
> > > > It would save me from typing site:freshports.org as part of my
> > > > Google query.
> > > > 
> > > > I use both Firefox and Opera, so a plugin for either that does
> > > > that, would be good.
> > > > 
> > > > The author of such a plugin would be immortalized at 
> > > > FreshPorts.org.... ;)
> > > 
> > > In opera-9 both the search box in the address bar and the
> > > `search with' menu (on right clicking a selected string)
> > > already have an entry for freshports.  Is this not enough?
> > 
> > Where do you think that came from?  Is Opera distributing a search 
> > box for FreshPorts?
> 
> /usr/ports/www/opera/files/patch-search.ini

Ahh! Well, that good!  Thanks to Volker Stolz for suggesting this 
back in Aug 2004.

To answer the original question, no, this is not enough.  I also 
needed something for my Windows XP workstation.  That solution has 
already been provided.

cheers



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