Search engine plugin for browser does NOT function properly

Bug #992112 reported by Amr Ibrahim
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Manpage Repository
Fix Released
Medium
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

Although it can be installed correctly in Firefox, it is pretty much useless. All search keywords come to one result: "No matching titles found - Full text search results below". I think the problem is that the search keyword doesn't fit in the search syntax string.

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irrational John (ijohn) wrote :

When I installed the search plugin the default URL was set to
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?title=%s

Try replacing "title" with "q" as shown below and see if that works (better) for you.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=%s

<muttering>It would be nice to know if other search terms are available, what they are, and how we could use them.</muttering>

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

Yes, it works much better, thanks. This solution shouid be implemented into the plugin.

irrational John (ijohn)
Changed in ubuntu-manpage-repository:
status: New → Confirmed
irrational John (ijohn)
tags: added: home-page search-plugin
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

I replaced "title" with "q" as you suggested and edited the search engine plugin file to function as it should. I tested it and it works. Thanks again.

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

Please fix this.

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Committed revision 199.

Changed in ubuntu-manpage-repository:
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → In Progress
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

When will this be Fixed Released?

Volker Siegel (vsiegel)
Changed in ubuntu-manpage-repository:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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