[Tutor] Search and Replace Browser Plugin
Stephen Harris
cyberdiction@hotmail.com
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:47:39 -0700
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Hello,
I have been thinking about a project prompted by a thread
on the python usenet group. It is a plugin which would
let you search an online webpage or perhaps .pdf also.
Something a little more sophisticated than "Find". SR32
makes a window with all occasions of the searched term
and a few surrounding words for context. The problem
with this is that the webpage would have to be saved to
a default file and the search utility set to the same default
directory as the webpage.
I have looked at ht://Dig which seems to powerful and
IBabble which is written in Java and is described as
a browser helper app. But apparenly works with
just unicode or SGML. For Linux I saw kfilereplace
but I dont know if this could be tied to the browser.
Perhaps in Mozilla the find utility could just be expanded?
Is Python the right tool for this? I'm thinking about a graphical
R.E. tool that can search webpages and webpages displaying
.pdf without performing an indexing operation. This would be
my first project so maybe it is more difficult than I realize.
Searching text in postscript seems to take a long time.
Regards,
Stephen
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SR32</FONT></DIV>
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the searched=20
term</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and a few surrounding words for =
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problem</FONT></DIV>
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saved to</FONT></DIV>
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same default</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D3>ht://Dig which seems to powerful and</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>IBabble which is written in Java and is described as</DIV>
<DIV>a browser helper app. But apparenly works with</DIV>
<DIV>just unicode or SGML. For Linux I saw kfilereplace</DIV>
<DIV>but I dont know if this could be tied to the browser.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Perhaps in Mozilla the find utility =
could just be=20
expanded?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is Python the right tool for this? I'm =
thinking=20
about a graphical</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>R.E. tool that can search webpages and =
webpages=20
displaying</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>.pdf without performing an indexing =
operation. This=20
would be</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>my first project so maybe it is more =
difficult than=20
I realize.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Searching text in postscript seems to =
take a long=20
time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Stephen</FONT></DIV>
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