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 How do the Series X Quick Search
Commands Work
The Series X Quick Launch commands combine Internet Explorer's Quick Search feature with Series X Web Linking feature to allow
you to enter a simple command in an address bar to access a Series X resource.
Quick Search consists of a specail keyword and a rule associated with that keyword. When the keyword is entered
into an address bar IE recognizes it and applies the rule associated with that keyword to determine the URL to
be looked up. Additonal information may be supplied by the user as a parameter to the keyword ie. information to
be looked up. The rule combines the paramater with the url to be looked up to create the search command. The keyword
and rule are store as a registry key in the winndows registry.
Example Quick Search Commands
To create a quick search keyword to perform a search using google you could use g as the keyword and the rule would
be: http://www.google.com/search?q=%s where %s is the search parameter entered by the user.
Hence to perform a search on 'biblical greek' the user would enter g biblical greek in the address bar. Internet
Explorer would recognize g as a keyword and biblical greek as the search paramter. It would convert the command
into the following URL and execute it: http://www.google.com/search?q=biblical+greek.
Where does the + in the URL come from ? You can expand the rule to include special instructions for handling certain
characters in the search paramater, %s. When setting up a quick search command for a search engine the following
special instructions should be included:
" "="+"
"#"="%23"
"&"="%26"
"?"="%3F"
"+"="%2B"
"="="%3D"
Since a Series X web link is a special form of URL we can combine the two to make a Series X Quick Launch. To create
a quick search command to lookup a bible verse in your default series bible we could use bible as the keyword and
the rule would be libronixdls:keylink|ref=[en]bible:%s with the special instruction for handling spaces in the
search parameter: " "="%20"
You could also create a quick launch command to look up a word in Merriam Webster's Dictionary:
Keyword: mw
Rule: libronixdls:jump|ref=topic+topics.%s|res=LLS:46.10.2
Special Instructions: " "="%20"
Adding Quick Search Commands
to the Windows Registy
To add a quick search command to the registry you need to create a *.reg file. In the *.reg file you need to tell
the registry the keyword, rule, special instructions and where to store the information. The information is always
stored in the following section of the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\.
To create a *.reg file simply open notepad, enter the required information, choose FILE -> SAVE AS, set Save
as type to All Files (*.*) and in the name box include the extension *.reg along with whatever you want to call
the file eg. bible.reg.
The file itself should look as follows:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\bible]
@="libronixdls:keylink|ref=[en]bible:%s"
" "="%20"
Note: the keyword is inlcuded at the end of the registry key ie. bible.
Quick Search Commands Ready to
download
I have put together a few differnent quick search commands in a *.reg file ready for you to download in a zip file. These inlcude Jacob
Carpenter's orginal keywords bible, dict along with some new ones I have added.
| Keyword |
Example |
Action |
| bible |
bible jn 3:16 |
look up verse in default Series X bible |
| dict |
dict love |
look up word in English-text keylink handler. Click  and choose text in data
type drop down list to identify default resource |
| mw |
mw grace |
lookup Merriam Webster's Dictionary |
| mwt |
mwt love |
lookup Merriam Webster's Thesaurus |
| cd |
cd peace |
lookup Collin's Dictionary |
| ct |
ct patience |
lookup Collin's Thesaurus |
| cp |
cp hellenic |
lookup Collin's Cobuild Pronuncitation Guide |
| sg |
sg 1258 |
lookup strongs greek number |
| sh |
sh 2454 |
lookup strongs hebrew number |
| g |
g biblical greek |
lookup google search engine |
Adding an Address bar to
your windows taskbar
To add an address bar to your windows taskbar simply right click your windows taskbar and choose TOOLBARS ->
ADDRESS.
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