160265 - Bookmark keywords not working as advertised.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 119201

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[dylang]

I have a google bookmark:
http://www.google.ca/search?q=%s&sourceid=mozilla-search

I set the keyword to "g"..

This worked fine in my 20020727 build I was using this morning, but does not
work in my 2002073008 build.  So I turned on "internet keywords" in the smart
browsing section.  Typeing "g" and then a search string works... but it goes to
google.*com*, which exists no where in my bookmarks file.

What's happened in the past few days to break the previous behvaviour of general
bookmark usage as described in http://grayrest.com/moz/resources/bookmarks.shtml?

Comment 1

[Robert Mohr]

I've noticed that most of my two letter keywords do not work.  I use "google
query"  and "lucky query" to look up query in google, and that works.  However,
I use af query to look up query at acronymfinder.com, and that does not work.  I
use "/." to bring up slashdot, and that does not work.  I use "md" to go to
mozdev.org, and that doesn't work.  I use "moz" to go to mozilla.org, and that
works.  

If I put a query in (like I would in "af", above) I am sent to
search.netscape.com, which is extremely annoying.  For "md" and "/.", I get
"Resolving host md..." or something similar in the status bar.

This feature worked fine with v1.0, v1.1A, but does not work with v1.1B.

Comment 2

[dylang]

Hi, I found out exactly how this is broken.

If you create and entry "gs" and give it a keyword of "gs" it will work -- IF
YOU HAVE NO ARGUMENTS.  If you want the arguments to be substituted in the %s,
you need to have the name != the keyword, otherwise Mozilla will complain about
an invalid URL type :-D

Steps to reproduce:  create a bookmark with the same keyword and name, and a
value of http://www.google.ca/search?q=%s (or .com for US citizens).  Try to use
with args, notice how it fails!

Change the name, and watch it work!

Confirmed in 1.1 release, as well :0

Comment 3

[Lasse Marøen]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 119201 ***

Comment 4

[Nick Bebout]

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