Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1695 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>   
> > Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
> >     
> > > It seems the site has changed. did you file a bug report?
> > >   
> > >       
> > No, I just noticed this recently.  Who would the report go to?
> >     
> > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:31 PM, James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >  
> > >       
> > > > Has anyone else noticed that calling the MW dictionary by pressing
> > > > Alt-F2
> > > > (in KDE) and entering dict:<word> no longer works?  At first I
> > > > thought this
> > > > problem might have come in with recent updates, but it also occurs on a
> > > > system that has not been updated.  When you try to use dict, you get an
> > > > error message like this:
> > > >
> > > > Not Found
> > > > The requested URL /cgi-bin/dictionary was not found on this server.
> > > >
> > > > This is the URL produced:
> > > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=word
> > > >
> > > >         
>
> James,
>
>         They must have changed the query backend. The following is what is 
> required
> now (Example Power):
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power
>
>   
Once again you're ignoring a key requirement to plug in a variable for 
the desired word.  Someone else provided the correct string of 
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/\{@}.  Notice the "\{@}" at the end.  
That's what's needed for the web shortcut to work.  Placing only a word 
at the end in the way you did will not allow it to work as intended, as 
you're limited to the word you add to the URL.  Why is it so difficult 
for so many here to see that, particularly when I described exactly what 
the situation was.  Go into web shortcuts and try your method, to see if 
it works properly.  I can guarantee you, it won't.




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