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Search wikipedia from the command line
Authored by: guybrush on Dec 06, '04 11:33:27AM

I suggest you use Saft in Safari, and then make a shortcut for wikipedia, so you can type something like this in your address bar:

wikipedia XFS

saves you launching a terminal :)



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Search wikipedia from the command line
Authored by: LoonyPandora on Dec 07, '04 04:13:33AM
Personally, I use AcidSearch, and add wikipedia in there.

AcidSearch is a former PoTW, and works like a charm for me. One of the reasons I love visiting here, great PoTW's ;)

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Search wikipedia from the command line
Authored by: sjk on Dec 07, '04 09:00:47PM
Sogudi and SafariStand are donation and freeware alternatives to Saft for adding quick search shortcuts to Safari. Some of Saft's other features made it worth paying the shareware fee. And keep your order number to minimize hassles downloading updates if you buy it.

Oh, just noticed Sogudi's already been mentioned. Anyway...

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Search wikipedia from the command line
Authored by: Anonymous on Dec 10, '04 11:37:17AM
saves you launching a terminal

Do you mean to say that folks run OS X (or Windows, for that matter) without a POSIX shell running all the time? How do you get anything done?

Jeepers, I even have several saved Terminal sessions, with my default running at least two sessions in different colours. I haven't yet made this a startup item. Yet.

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Search wikipedia using Saft context menu.
Authored by: KirbyK on Feb 17, '05 09:09:48AM

It's easy, but it's not so easy that "make a shortcut and type something in your address bar" is going to suffice for non-programers. Here's what worked for me:

Under Safari>Preferences>Saft>Shortcuts add the following for Name, Shortcut, and URL:

Wikipedia
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%@&go=Go

(The trick there was to get Wikipedia to accept multiple word selections.)

I find Answers.com saves me some time and I like having one link instead of several. It includes a dictionary, thesaurus, *and* Wikipedia.

Add a Saft shortcut as above, using:

Answers
A
http://www.answers.com/%@

Each works on text selected in Safari. Each should work from the address bar.



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