Is it possible to add search engines other than Google and Wikipedia?

checcousero · 11-10-2016, 08:08 PM

I have a KOBO GLO HD with the latest firmware version.
I would like to add search engines (other than Google and Wikipedia) to the menu that appears when you select a word.
Is there any hack or addon to do this?
(The ideal would be to be able to specify a prefix URL, for example: http://www.wordreference.com/enit/.)

P.S. I hope this is the right section to post this question.

davidfor · 11-10-2016, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by checcousero

P.S. I hope this is the right section to post this question.

Two identical questions in two places, one is probably going to be in the right section.

To answer your question, I doubt it. You can possibly change the URL used for the two searches by patching the firmware, but I do not think there will be a way to add an extra entry to the search menu. I don't remember if anyone has made a patch for the search URLs, but you can search the patch threads to see.

checcousero · 11-11-2016, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by davidfor

Two identical questions in two places, one is probably going to be in the right section.

Well, thanks for the lesson in logic Wittgenstein

(Not being an admin, I doubt I can remove the other thread).

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

To answer your question, I doubt it. You can possibly change the URL used for the two searches by patching the firmware, but I do not think there will be a way to add an extra entry to the search menu.

Good to know.

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Originally Posted by davidfor

I don't remember if anyone has made a patch for the search URLs, but you can search the patch threads to see.

Well, I've already looked at the posts in this section of the forum...

Anyway, thank you for your support. I appreciate it.

Checco

Ken Maltby · 11-12-2016, 10:22 AM

You might try raising that as a feature request over at the KOReader project at GitHub They are a pretty international group.

Luck;
Ken

checcousero · 11-14-2016, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

You might try raising that as a feature request over at the KOReader project at GitHub They are a pretty international group.

Thanks for the suggestion Ken.
Issue rised: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/2345

11-10-2016, 08:08 PM	#1
checcousero Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: KOBO GLO HD	Is it possible to add search engines other than Google and Wikipedia? I have a KOBO GLO HD with the latest firmware version. I would like to add search engines (other than Google and Wikipedia) to the menu that appears when you select a word. Is there any hack or addon to do this? (The ideal would be to be able to specify a prefix URL, for example: http://www.wordreference.com/enit/.) P.S. I hope this is the right section to post this question.

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