RE: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kerry, When I selected Check for update I got the exact same error massage DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed. I did the Check for update procedure twice with the same results. Thanks, I'll be so pleased if I can get it working as it did before I upgraded to XP Pro and Service Pack 2. Since you have SP2, you probably have the firewall enabled. DQSD requires internet access for the update checks, so that could be it. If you want to test, add C:\Windows\explorer.exe to the list of exceptions temporarily, then do Check for Update. Does that work? You may want to add explorer.exe back afterwards, in case you don't desperately need update checks. - Kim --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
RE: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kerry, Is there a way to have Merriam Webster be the default dictionary - it has free pronunciation. You can control DQSD just about any way you could want. To override any existing search with another you just create an alias that overwrites the existing mapping. Add this to localaliases.txt, on it's own line: dic|mwd %s This will change the behavior of dic to search the Merriam Webster instead. HOWEVER, you can also shorten that a bit by using the default shorter search alias for MW of :. Try this in DQSD (note the preceeding colon): :whatever Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// For myself, I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else. -- Winston Churchill --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
Re: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Thanks Shawn, : wordtobedefined worked great, however, even though the MW site came up with the word defined I also got a desktop message DQSD failed to parse on-line version information. Error message: The download of the specific resource has failed. And, now when I single, dbl, or right click on the the tool tray expands and I can't get the DQSD menu but I can get the calendar by right clicking in the search field . The day and date shows fine. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Kerry XP Pro Shawn K. Hall wrote: Hi Kerry, Is there a way to have Merriam Webster be the default dictionary - it has free pronunciation. You can control DQSD just about any way you could want. To override any existing search with another you just create an alias that overwrites the existing mapping. Add this to localaliases.txt, on it's own line: dic|mwd %s This will change the behavior of dic to search the Merriam Webster instead. HOWEVER, you can also shorten that a bit by using the default shorter search alias for MW of :. Try this in DQSD (note the preceeding colon): :whatever Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// For myself, I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else. -- Winston Churchill --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
RE: [DQSD-Users] Can I have Merriam Webster be the default dict?
Hi Kerry, ...it's behaving differently than before when I had XP Home and before ServicePack 2... When you get the taskbar sized and shaped exactly the way you want it (the quick launch toolbar, DQSD and the 'rest' of it) you can right click over the taskbar and check 'lock taskbar/toolbars' (or something like that) to prevent them from resizing on you. Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://12PointDesign.com/ http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// At a time like this, that is all you can think to say? Gently? -- 'Princess Buttercup', The Princess Bride --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
