I hacked together a script for easy searching to be used with galeon's (http://galeon.sourceforge.net/) "Smart bookmark" function (or other browsers if they have something similar). It's set up like this:
where %s is automagically (by the browser) replaced with whatever you type. The script then parses this according to the following rules:
If %s starts with r: or R:, search in recordings.
If %s starts with s: or S:, search in sessions.
If %s starts with d: or D:, search in discussions.
Otherwise, search in tunes (it does understand a t: or T: request, but it's not necessary).
If I for example want to find discussions about bowing patterns, I type "d:bowing patterns" and hit enter. There is no form to fill in though, it must be used through Smart bookmarks or a similar function (of course you could use like http://bithinken.nu/session.php?sok=calliope, but that would just be stupid...
So, what are you waiting for? Configure your smart bookmarks and go search!
Then, if your surfing the web and you come across the name of a tune in the text of a web page,highlight the words you want to search for and click on the bookmark.
If you click the bookmark when no text is highlighted on the current page you're viewing, then you will be prompted for the name of the tune you want to search for.
I doubt there's anyone who actually uses this (except me, that is), but I've extended it so it's now possible to use the nifty "advanced search" by typing ta:[pattern].
(hopefully) useful hack
(hopefully) useful hack
I hacked together a script for easy searching to be used with galeon's (http://galeon.sourceforge.net/) "Smart bookmark" function (or other browsers if they have something similar). It's set up like this:
Smart URL: http://bithinken.nu/session.php?sok=%s
where %s is automagically (by the browser) replaced with whatever you type. The script then parses this according to the following rules:
If %s starts with r: or R:, search in recordings.
If %s starts with s: or S:, search in sessions.
If %s starts with d: or D:, search in discussions.
Otherwise, search in tunes (it does understand a t: or T: request, but it's not necessary).
If I for example want to find discussions about bowing patterns, I type "d:bowing patterns" and hit enter. There is no form to fill in though, it must be used through Smart bookmarks or a similar function (of course you could use like http://bithinken.nu/session.php?sok=calliope, but that would just be stupid...
So, what are you waiting for? Configure your smart bookmarks and go search!
# Posted on May 22nd 2003 by Pontus Adefjord
Re: (hopefully) useful hack
I came up with a little bookmarklet for looking up tunes here at The Session.
If you make a new bookmark in your toolbar (call it something like "Session Search") and paste this in as the address:
javascript:q=document.getSelection();if(!q)void(q=prompt('Tune%20Name:',''));if(q)location.href='http://www.thesession.org/tunes/index.php?name='+escape(q)
Then, if your surfing the web and you come across the name of a tune in the text of a web page,highlight the words you want to search for and click on the bookmark.
If you click the bookmark when no text is highlighted on the current page you're viewing, then you will be prompted for the name of the tune you want to search for.
# Posted on May 22nd 2003 by Jeremy
Re: (hopefully) useful hack
I just love these things!
# Posted on May 22nd 2003 by Pontus Adefjord
Re: (hopefully) useful hack
I discovered a small bug with the session search, so now session searching is done like this:
# Posted on May 23rd 2003 by Pontus Adefjord
s:foo search for foo in sessions (area)
sa:foo search for foo in sessions (area)
st:foo search for foo in sessions (town)
# Posted on May 23rd 2003 by Pontus Adefjord
Re: (hopefully) useful hack
I doubt there's anyone who actually uses this (except me, that is), but I've extended it so it's now possible to use the nifty "advanced search" by typing ta:[pattern].
# Posted on June 29th 2003 by Pontus Adefjord