ciphrix
07-24-2003, 08:15 PM
I don't know if this has been covered before but I did a quick search and did not find any other threads about it. This is a quick outline of how to add a Google Linux search to your Mozilla Firebird browser. I have found this to be very convenient so I figured I'd share with others in case someone else might be interested in doing it.
1. First change into your MozillaFirebird directory.
2. Now change into the searchplugins directory.
3. Copy the google.src file by typing "cp google.src googlelinux.src". You can name this new file whatever you wish but for the rest of this "tutorial" I will refer to mine as googlelinux.src.
4. Open the newly created googlelinux.src file in your editor of choice. I use pico so I would type "pico googlelinux.src".
5. Now you should see a line that says name="Google". Change that to say name="Google Linux".
6. The next line you want to edit is description="Google Search". Change that to description="Google Linux Search".
7. Next, last, and most importantly, change the line action="http://www.google.com/search" to read action="http://www.google.com/linux".
8. Save the file and quit. You should now have the Google Linux search box in the Firebird search list box. If you currently have your browser open you will need to restart it before this will take effect.
9. This is all well and good but you have no icon for the Google Linux search. If you'd like to add an icon you can just copy the google.gif icon in the searchplugins directory to googlelinux.gif (cp google.gif googlelinux.gif). It is important that you name the new icon the same as your googlelinux.src file or else the icon won't show up. If you'd like to use a different icon for the Google Linux search just copy the google.gif and open it in the GIMP or whatever image editing program you use. Change it to look however you want (don't change the size obviously). Save it. Restart your browser. Should be good to go.
If you're too lazy to create your own images and such or if you'd just like to use mine, here are two I created really quick.
http://exnoctem.com/linux/googlelinuxl.gif http://exnoctem.com/linux/googlelinuxtux.gif
Remember to rename them to equal the same file name as your Google Linux .src file.
Here (http://exnoctem.com/linux/googlelinux.src) is my Google Linux .src file if you just wanna use mine.
Of course you can do this with any search engine but I figured most of us here use Google Linux (if you don't, you should!).
Hope this is helpful to someone.
1. First change into your MozillaFirebird directory.
2. Now change into the searchplugins directory.
3. Copy the google.src file by typing "cp google.src googlelinux.src". You can name this new file whatever you wish but for the rest of this "tutorial" I will refer to mine as googlelinux.src.
4. Open the newly created googlelinux.src file in your editor of choice. I use pico so I would type "pico googlelinux.src".
5. Now you should see a line that says name="Google". Change that to say name="Google Linux".
6. The next line you want to edit is description="Google Search". Change that to description="Google Linux Search".
7. Next, last, and most importantly, change the line action="http://www.google.com/search" to read action="http://www.google.com/linux".
8. Save the file and quit. You should now have the Google Linux search box in the Firebird search list box. If you currently have your browser open you will need to restart it before this will take effect.
9. This is all well and good but you have no icon for the Google Linux search. If you'd like to add an icon you can just copy the google.gif icon in the searchplugins directory to googlelinux.gif (cp google.gif googlelinux.gif). It is important that you name the new icon the same as your googlelinux.src file or else the icon won't show up. If you'd like to use a different icon for the Google Linux search just copy the google.gif and open it in the GIMP or whatever image editing program you use. Change it to look however you want (don't change the size obviously). Save it. Restart your browser. Should be good to go.
If you're too lazy to create your own images and such or if you'd just like to use mine, here are two I created really quick.
http://exnoctem.com/linux/googlelinuxl.gif http://exnoctem.com/linux/googlelinuxtux.gif
Remember to rename them to equal the same file name as your Google Linux .src file.
Here (http://exnoctem.com/linux/googlelinux.src) is my Google Linux .src file if you just wanna use mine.
Of course you can do this with any search engine but I figured most of us here use Google Linux (if you don't, you should!).
Hope this is helpful to someone.