Re: [tlug] Firefox select and seaarch (was IM)

[David E <dave@???>]

On Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:56:32 +0900, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
> Which reminds me, if you run Firefox and you don't have the Conquery
> extension[1] installed, install it now! What it does is allows you to
> select text, in any place that text can normally be selected (e.g.
> your Gmail compose textentry, a webpage, etc.), then right-click that
> text (and here is *one* place where I *love* the fact that Windows has
> that Context Menu / Properties key on the keyboard--anyone know how to
> make FluxBox / Firefox do that?), choose the new "Query to..." item
> from the context menu, and select a search engine (the same list that
> you get in the Quick Search box at the top right of the standard
> Firefox UI). The results of said search then open in a new tab.
> Perfect!

I'm pretty sure I don't have Conquery installed (it's not in my list
of extensions) but my Firefox (1.07 Debian) does that anyway. Are you
sure this isn't just a standard Firefox feature? Also, the context
menu key, as well as a right-click make the menu pop up in Firefox
(the context menu key does different things with different software -
some useful, some not. I just noticed it does "M-x" in Emacs, for
example).

wm is Ion, by the way. None of that flouncy Fluxbox fluff for me ;)

Dave