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Psearch - Puppy web search utility
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Fri 22 Mar 2013, 15:48    Post_subject:  Psearch - Puppy web search utility  
Here's Psearch my first proper Puppy program so go easy on me!

This utility takes your search terms prepends them with 'puppy linux' takes note of your choice of search target then launches Firefox (or a new tab if it's already open) with a ready made Google search.

The archive includes the executable (psearch) which has been packed with UPX - it's around 46K in size - and the BaCon source code.

If you use a different browser or search engine it should be easy to modify a couple of lines in the source and recompile to suit you needs.

The program doesn't have any other requirements so should run on any recent version of Puppy (I think/hope!).

Thanks to Mobeus and L18L here on the forum for their help Very Happy

Paul
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nilsonmorales


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PostPosted: Sat 23 Mar 2013, 00:55    Post_subject:  
!Awesome. Have locales?
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Sat 23 Mar 2013, 04:14    Post_subject:  
Sorry I don't know how to do that yet, I'll read up on it on Barry's BaCon guide.

Paul
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Sun 24 Mar 2013, 15:31    Post_subject:  
Here's an updated version (only 19K now Very Happy ) which offers a choice of search engines.

If anyone would like to suggest a search engine or site to add feel free to shout.

Localisation is on the way... thanks again to L18L for pointing me in the right direction.

Paul
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8-bit


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PostPosted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 02:24    Post_subject:  
I downloaded this utility into Puppy Lucid 5.20.
I also have BaCon installed.
But when I tried to run this program from a terminal, I got a file not found in /usr/lib/hug.so not being found.
Maybe my BaCon install is not current enough.
I did not try to use the source you had posted in another thread.
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vovchik


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PostPosted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 04:13    Post_subject:  
Dear PaulR,

Thanks for the utility. I tried the first version and it works fine. Version 1.03 complains about not finding /usr/lib/hug/so. To avoid compatibility problems of the type 8-bit and I are experiencing, I always just use hug and my compile line:


Code:
bacon -o -s -o -Os -o -fdata-sections -o -ffunction-sections -o -Wl,--gc-sections mybconfile


and then UPX the binary. This gives me GTK binaries of about 19k, without the hug.so dependency. That means the binary will run on nearly all recent systems. Please post the source...so that I can recompile.

With kind regards,
vovchik
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 04:44    Post_subject:  
Sorry about that, I'd been using :

Code:

INCLUDE "/usr/share/BaCon/hug_imports.bac"
INIT


for speed of compilation when testing and forgot to switch it back to:

Code:

INCLUDE "/usr/share/BaCon/hug.bac"


...which also explains the reduction in size Embarassed

Here's the re-compiled program, source to follow Very Happy

Paul
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 16:31    Post_subject:  
Source attached. L18L is reporting some font issues but it looks ok on my system... not sure what I've done to mess it up? Sad
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vovchik


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PostPosted: Mon 25 Mar 2013, 17:52    Post_subject:  
Dear PaulR,

Thanks. I compiled in Lucid and it works fine and IS USEFUL. Just used hug.bac and got rid of the USEC/END USEC stuff. Not needed. You could just use 0.0 at the end of SETPROPERTY or DECLARE that ALIGNLEFT var as a FLOATING or CONST.

With kind regards,
vovchik
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L18L

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 06:27    Post_subject: Psearch - Puppy web search utility
Sub_title: font		  
PaulR wrote:
Source attached. L18L is reporting some font issues but it looks ok on my system... not sure what I've done to mess it up? Sad
BarryK on http://bkhome.org/bacon/hug/layout.htm wrote:
REM fix window font layout regardless of dpi...
REM 78 is the Xft.dpi in /root/.Xresources when I designed the layout...
HUGOPTIONS("BASEXFTDPI 78")

Code:
HUGOPTIONS("BASEXFTDPI 66")
has fixed it Laughing
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 12:45    Post_subject:  
OK, if I understand correctly I need to put

Code:

HUGOPTIONS("BASEXFTDPI 78")


in the source as my system has "Xft.dpi: 78" in /root/.Xresources. If someone else has a different dpi setting or screen size (resolution?) the window will then automatically scale on their system to maintain the correct appearance (or they could re-compile and manually change the value as you have done).

That right? Smile

Paul
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L18L

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 15:06    Post_subject:
Sub_title: font		  
Quote:
(or they could re-compile and manually change the value as you have done).
Of course, not Smile

Now I don't understand anything anymore.
My
Xft.dpi: 96
the default, see also http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00190

I have inserted
HUGOPTIONS("BASEXFTDPI 66")
and compiled.

See the result, your original and mine Rolling Eyes
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 16:41    Post_subject:  
My Slacko 5.5 has 78 DPI as the setting.

I've recompiled with:
Code:

HUGOPTIONS("BASEXFTDPI 78")


The executable is attached, does that look right on your system L18L now that I've explicitly set the DPI?

Paul
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seaside

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 17:58    Post_subject:  
PaulR.

Here's the recompile on precise 5.4.3 at Xft.dpi: 96.

I remember this being a problem when bacon was first introduced, and I'm hoping vovchik knows the fix. Smile

Cheers,
s
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PaulR

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Mar 2013, 18:18    Post_subject:  
Thanks for that seaside - what if you run the executable in my last post without recompiling?

Paul
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