Hi there,
Attached is an improved gg.xml :
- now performs searches on news.google.com (/news switch)
- added /france and /deutschland locales
- display Google tips and messages in german, spanish or french (try /language:de for
instance)... or other (see notes below)
Notes :
- I renamed form "ggf_news" to "ggf_groups" to avoid confusion
- news.google.com is still in beta, .com only, english only mode. So something like
"gg earth /news /deut" won't work for now. Warned about this in the description.
- switch language *is* independant from the locale (try "gg earth /france
/language:de" for instance)
- switch language is not restricted to the languages quoted in description, as one
could expect : try "/language:ru" for instance. See attachment "google languages.txt"
for the whole list to date
- there is still a problem in the way switches are handled : /language:xx-piglatin
will be retained as /language:xx and thus will produce unexpected results. I guess the
regepx at line 148 in defer_tools.js needs to be updated once more in order to achieve
this, but frankly I'd be glad to leave it to somebody else. :)
- as usual, I beg you to correct any mistake / weird wording... :)
I payed a lot of attention in changing this strategic search, however I'd be glad if
you could test it for a while before uploading it to CVS, for I had to change stuff in
every kind of search (/groups, /directory, etc...)
And one question : is there any reason why the locales are treated like they are and
not this way : /locale:uk, /locale:ca, etc...
Well, that's it ! Have fun,
MLL
<search function="gg">
<name>Google</name>
<description>
Google is reputed to be the web's fastest and most versatile search engine.<br/>
<div class="helpboxDescLabels">Switches:</div>
<table class="helpboxDescTable">
<tr><td>/ifl</td><td> - </td><td>"I'm Feeling Lucky": Go directly to Google's top-ranked result.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/advanced</td><td> - </td><td>Use the Google Advanced Search page.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/groups</td><td> - </td><td>Search Google's newsgroup archive.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/directory</td><td> - </td><td>Search Google's copy of the DMOZ open directory.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/images</td><td> - </td><td>Search for images.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/news</td><td> - </td><td>Search for news (<i>warning : google news still in beta, .com only, english only mode</i>).</td></tr>
<tr><td>/cache</td><td> - </td><td>Given a URL, loads Google's cached copy of the web page.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/related</td><td> - </td><td>Given a URL, finds other sites closely related.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/link</td><td> - </td><td>Given a URL, finds other sites that link to it.</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="helpboxDescLabels">Locales:</div>
<table class="helpboxDescTable">
<tr><td>/local</td><td> - </td><td>Limits search results to the specified locale.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/uk</td><td> - </td><td>Use the localized United Kingdom version of Google.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/canada</td><td> - </td><td>Use the localized canadian version of Google.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/france</td><td> - </td><td>Use the localized french version of Google.</td></tr>
<tr><td>/deutschland</td><td> - </td><td>Use the localized german version of Google.</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="helpboxDescLabels">Language:</div>
<table class="helpboxDescTable">
<tr><td colspan="3">Display Google tips and messages in...</td></tr>
<tr><td>/language:de</td><td> - </td><td>german</td></tr>
<tr><td>/language:es</td><td> - </td><td>spanish</td></tr>
<tr><td>/language:fr</td><td> - </td><td>french</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3">and many more... see <a href="http://www.google.com/help/customize.html#displang"; target="_new">www.google.com/help/customize.html#displang</a></td></tr>
</table>
<div class="helpboxDescLabels">Examples:</div>
<table class="helpboxDescTable">
<tr><td>gg dqsd /images</td></tr>
<tr><td>gg tony blair /uk /directory</td></tr>
</table>
</description>
<category>Search the Web</category>
<link>http://www.google.com/</link>
<contributor>Ryan Edwards, David Bau, news and language switches by MLL</contributor>
<form name="ggf"
action="http://www.google.com/search";
method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="cat" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="meta" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="q"/>
</form>
<form name="ggf_adv"
action="http://www.google.com/advanced_search";
method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="q"/>
</form>
<form name="ggf_ifl"
action="http://www.google.com/search";
method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="q"/>
<input type="hidden" name="meta" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="btnI" value="I'm Feeling Lucky"/>
</form>
<form name="ggf_image"
action="http://images.google.com/images";
method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="q"/>
</form>
<form name="ggf_groups"
action="http://groups.google.com/groups";
method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="q"/>
</form>
<form name="ggf_news"
action="http://news.google.com/news";
method="get">
<!-- commented out for test <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en"/> -->
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="q"/>
</form>
<script><![CDATA[
//by MLL: warning : news service is still in beta stage, so URLs below may change
function gg(q)
{
var args = parseArgs(q, "ifl, advanced, groups, directory, images, news, cache, related, link, local, uk, canada, france, deutschland, language");
var mode, local, local_meta = "", local_tld = "com", msglang = "";
if( q == "?" )
{
nullArgs( "gg", "?" );
return false;
}
// Establish the locale and mode the search will run in.
if( args.switches.length > 0 )
for( var j=0; j<args.switches.length; j++ )
switch( args.switches[j].name )
{
case "uk": local_tld = "co.uk"; local_meta = "cr=countryUK|countryGB"; break;
case "canada": local_tld = "ca"; local_meta = "cr=countryCA"; break;
case "france": local_tld = "fr"; local_meta = "cr=countryFR"; break;
case "deutschland": local_tld = "de"; local_meta = "cr=countryDE"; break;
case "local": local = true; break;
case "language": msglang = args.switch_val["language"]; break;
default:
if(mode)
{
nullArgs("gg","?");
return false;
}
else
mode = args.switches[j].name;
break;
}
// Change the form data to use the correct locale
document.ggf.action = document.ggf_ifl.action = "http://www.google."; + local_tld + "/search";
document.ggf_adv.action = "http://www.google."; + local_tld + "/advanced_search";
document.ggf_image.action = "http://images.google."; + local_tld + "/images";
document.ggf_groups.action = "http://groups.google."; + local_tld + "/groups";
document.ggf_news.action = "http://news.google."; + local_tld + "/news";
// If the user specified to search localized content only, restrict it now.
if(local)
document.ggf.meta.value = document.ggf_ifl.meta.value = local_meta;
else
document.ggf.meta.value = document.ggf_ifl.meta.value = "";
// No parameters, so go to the appropriate web page.
if( args.q == "" )
switch( mode )
{
case "ifl": openSearchWindow("http://www.google."; + local_tld + "/help/features.html#lucky"); return;
case "advanced": openSearchWindow("http://www.google."; + local_tld + "/advanced_search"); return;
case "images": openSearchWindow("http://images.google."; + local_tld); return;
case "directory": openSearchWindow("http://images.google."; + local_tld + "/dirhp"); return;
case "groups": openSearchWindow("http://www.google."; + local_tld + "/grphp"); return;
case "news": openSearchWindow("http://www.google."; + local_tld + "/news"); return;
default: openSearchWindow("http://www.google."; + local_tld); return;
}
else if( mode )
{
// Perform a validity check on the specified switch
if((mode == "related" || mode == "cache" || mode == "link") && !isURL(args.q))
{
nullArgs("gg","?");
return false;
}
switch( mode )
{
case "ifl":
document.ggf_ifl.q.value = args.q;
document.ggf_ifl.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf_ifl);
break;
case "advanced":
document.ggf_adv.q.value = args.q;
document.ggf_adv.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf_adv);
break;
case "directory":
document.ggf.q.value = args.q;
document.ggf.hl.value = msglang;
document.ggf.cat.value = "gwd/Top";
submitForm(ggf);
break;
case "images":
document.ggf_image.q.value = args.q;
document.ggf_image.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf_image);
break;
case "related":
document.ggf.q.value="related:" + args.q;
document.ggf.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf);
break;
case "cache":
document.ggf.q.value="cache:" + args.q;
document.ggf.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf);
break;
case "link":
document.ggf.q.value="link:" + args.q;
document.ggf.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf);
break;
case "groups":
document.ggf_groups.q.value = args.q;
document.ggf_groups.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf_groups);
break;
case "news":
document.ggf_news.q.value = args.q;
document.ggf_news.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf_news);
break;
}
}
else
{
document.ggf.q.value = args.q;
document.ggf.hl.value = msglang;
submitForm(ggf);
}
}
]]></script>
</search>
af Afrikaans
sq Albanian
ar Arabic
eu Basque
be Belarusian
bn Bengali
bh Bihari
xx-bork Bork, bork, bork!
bg Bulgarian
ca Catalan
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
hr Croatian
cs Czech
da Danish
nl Dutch
xx-elmer Elmer Fudd
en English
eo Esperanto
et Estonian
fo Faroese
fi Finnish
fr French
fy Frisian
gl Galician
de German
el Greek
gu Gujarati
xx-hacker Hacker
iw Hebrew
hi Hindi
hu Hungarian
is Icelandic
id Indonesian
ia Interlingua
ga Irish
it Italian
ja Japanese
jw Javanese
kn Kannada
xx-klingon Klingon
ko Korean
la Latin
lv Latvian
lt Lithuanian
mk Macedonian
ms Malay
ml Malayalam
mt Maltese
mr Marathi
ne Nepali
no Norwegian
oc Occitan
xx-piglatin Pig Latin
pl Polish
pt Portuguese
pa Punjabi
ro Romanian
ru Russian
gd Scots Gaelic
sr Serbian
sk Slovak
sl Slovenian
es Spanish
su Sundanese
sw Swahili
sv Swedish
tl Tagalog
ta Tamil
te Telugu
th Thai
tr Turkish
uk Ukrainian
ur Urdu
uz Uzbek
vi Vietnamese
cy Welsh
