Hi again,
Here's a replacement mwd.xml that takes a /p[opup] switch -- can you try it
out and see if it works for you, Glenn?
XmlHttp is acting up on my machine, so I can't see if it works properly, but
I've just copied and pasted your code into a separate function in mwd.
Cheers,
- Kim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Glenn Carr
> Sent: den 1 februari 2006 17:41
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [DQSD-Users] new mwdx search (Merriam-Webster
> search, results in a pop-up window)
>
> Hey all,
>
> Attached is a modified Merriam-Webster search that displays
> the results in a pop-up window. It's not perfect (for one,
> links don't work from the popup window), but it makes me happy :)
>
> I don't have CVS installed anywhere convenient right now, so
> if someone could check this in, I'd appreciate it.
<search function="mwd">
<name>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</name>
<description>
Search for word definitions.<br/>
<div class="helpboxDescLabels">Examples:</div>
<table class="helpboxDescTable">
<tr><td>mwd idempotent</td></tr>
<tr><td>mwd /popup idempotent</td></tr>
</table>
</description>
<category>Reference<category>Language</category></category>
<link>http://www.m-w.com/</link>
<form name="mwdf"
action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary";
method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Dictionary"/>
<input type="hidden" name="va"/>
</form>
<script><![CDATA[
function mwd(q)
{
if( nullArgs("mwd",q) )
return false;
var args = parseArgs(q, "popup");
if( args.switches.length > 0 )
{
mwdx(args.q)
}
else
{
document.mwdf.va.value = args.q;
submitForm(mwdf);
}
}
function mwdx(q)
{
var xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XmlHttp");
xmlHttp.open("GET", "http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/"; + q, false);
xmlHttp.send();
var sBody = xmlHttp.responseText.replace( /[\r\n]/gi, "" );
var re = /(Main Entry:.+)<img src="\/images\/pixt\.gif".+More Information on/mig;
var results = re.exec( sBody );
var windowW = 500;
if ( results != null )
{
var html = results[ 1 ].replace( /(src=")/gi, "src=\"http://www.m-w.com"; ).replace( /(href="\/)/gi, "href=\"http://www.m-w.com/"; );
html = html.replace( new RegExp( String.fromCharCode(65535), "g" ), '-' ); // weirdness
html = html.replace( /<font size="-1">([^<]+)<\/font>/gi, "$1" );
}
else
{
results = /(Suggestions for.+<\/PRE>)/ig.exec( sBody );
if ( results != null )
{
var html = results[ 1 ].replace( /(src=")/gi, "src=\"http://www.m-w.com"; ).replace( /(href=")/gi, "href=\"http://www.m-w.com"; ).replace( /<\/a>/g, '</a>\r\n' );
}
else
{
windowW = 200;
var html = '<center><b>' + q + '</b> not found</center>';
}
}
var dictPopup = window.createPopup();
var dictPopupBody = dictPopup.document.body;
dictPopupBody.innerHTML = '<table style="font-size: 70%; border: inset 2px" height="100%"><tr><td>' + html + "</td></tr></table>";
// dictPopup.document.head.base = "http://www.m-w.com/";;
dictPopup.document.body.style.border="outset 2px";
dictPopup.document.body.style.padding="1px 1px; background: navy";
dictPopup.document.body.style.background='menu';
dictPopup.document.body.style.overflowY='auto';
dictPopup.document.body.style.fontFamily='Verdana';
// Temporarily show the popup to determine the proper final height for the popup.
dictPopup.show(0, 0, windowW, 0);
var windowH = dictPopupBody.scrollHeight + 6;
dictPopup.hide();
windowH = windowH > window.screen.height-100 ? window.screen.height-100 : windowH;
dictPopup.show((buttonalign == "left" ? 0 : document.body.clientWidth - windowW), -windowH, windowW, windowH, document.body);
}
]]></script>
<copyright>
Copyright (c) 2006 David Bau, Glenn Carr and Kim Gräsman
Distributed under the terms of the
GNU Public License, Version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt)
</copyright>
</search>
