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Add custom search engines to Camino Web Browsers
I search lots of different sites regularly, and I knew there had to be a way to customize the search field of Camino so that it would do more that just Google and Google Images. If you look in ~/Library » Application Support » Camino, there is a file called SearchURLList.plist. You can edit this file in a text editor and add your own search engines. Always save a backup of this file first, of course.

For example, I added the following two lines to search the PHP Function Reference on php.net:
<key>PHP Function Reference</key>
<string>http://us2.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=%s</string>
I have also set it up to use an online spanish dictionary (Tomisimo) and Wikipedia, amongst others. I am using Camino 1.5 and OS X 10.4.10.

[robg adds: I tested this on Camino 1.5, and it worked great. To figure out the URL you need to use, run a search for something simple (ie test) on your favorite site. On the results page, copy the URL into a text editor (for easier manipulation). Replace your search term (test) with %s, and then copy the whole URL and enter it as the string. If you have Xcode installed, the plist can be edited in Property List Editor. If you'd like another GUI editing solution, you might try PlistEdit Pro; otherwise, your favorite pure text editor will work just fine.]
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Add custom search engines to Camino
Authored by: mbroughtn on Jul 25, '07 07:44:17AM

There is no need to use any external applications. Just use Bookmarks. Bookmark the page from which you want to run the search. Once you get the proper search format to enter, just edit the bookmark to contain that filed. There is a place to enter you "Shortcut" when you edit Bookmarks (URL = about:bookmarks ).



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That's a different issue, I think.
Authored by: Mr. E. on Jul 25, '07 08:14:12AM

I think the hint is talking about using the Search Box on to right of the address bar, and I think this reply is talking about keyword bookmarked searches to be typed in the address bar. While I prefer the keyword search from the address bar (and found that Camino imported my Firefox bookmarks, including keyword shortcut searches, with no problem), I can definitely see a use for more searches in the search box. In Firefox, the keyword search works great from the address bar, but there are lots of sites I search frequently enough to merit a search box, but not frequently enough for me to remember the associated keyword for a keyword search, so being able to add this functionality to Camino is a good hint.



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Re: Add custom search engines to Camino
Authored by: Uncle Asad on Jul 25, '07 07:40:12PM
This hint is part of the documentation on the Camino website: http://www.caminobrowser.org/documentation/search/

The bookmark shortcuts that the comments discuss are documented here: http://www.caminobrowser.org/documentation/bookmarks/#shortcuts

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Add custom search engines to Camino
Authored by: TGV on Jul 26, '07 12:33:02AM

CamiTools does this too, but makes it easier. Although it says it doesn't support 1.5, this is one of the (many) features that still works.



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Add custom search engines to Camino
Authored by: encro on Jul 26, '07 03:15:17AM
For more plugins in Camino there is http://pimpmycamino.com/

There is MoreCamino for easily integrating search templates and does some similar things to CamiTools:
http://pimpmycamino.com/parts/morecamino
(download link on this site is currently broken, currently looking for a new link)

You can find a list of additional search templates on the nadamac.de site:
http://www.nadamac.de/search/

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Steve

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