Re: Opera + Firefox browser Shortcut for searching CPAN & Perldoc

Maybe it's because I'm on Linux or something, but I can't get the Firefox bookmarks to work as easily as you guys seem to.

I've added a "cpan" bookmark with the following location:

http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=all&query=%s
If I try to search for something with colons (like Text::CSV), I get an alert popup with the following text:

"The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded."

I either have to use "keyword:cpan" instead of "cpan" or replace colons with "%3a" in the module name.

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Re^2: Opera + Firefox browser Shortcut for searching CPAN & Perldoc by satchm0h (Beadle) on Apr 19, 2005 at 18:39 UTC
Just browse on over to your site of choice, right click in the search text field and select 'Add a Keyword for this search'. This will do the same with less typing. satchm0h...stumbling down the path toward enlightenment	[reply]
Re^2: Opera + Firefox browser Shortcut for searching CPAN & Perldoc by monkfan (Curate) on Apr 14, 2005 at 13:49 UTC
Try to use the snippet I provide verbatim, do not alter it. Even under Linux, you can get the result: `http://search.cpan.org/search?m=all&q=Text%3A%3ACSV&s=1&n=20` [download] Just with command: cpan Text::CSV Notice the common pattern between the two URLs. Regards, Edward	[reply] [d/l]