Find you have many, many, Sherlock search sites and it's a pain to turn them off and on?
Want an easier way?
Install OSA Menu Lite from the AppleScript CD Extras folder on the Mac OS 8.5 CD ROM and place the enclosed Sherlock Scripts folder into the Universal Scripts folder in the Scripts folder in the System folder.
The Sherlock scripts will appear as a sub-menu in the OSA Menu script menu at the top right of the screen.
From within any application you'll be able to:
1) create new Sherlock sets
2) activate any Sherlock set (switch between sets)
3) delete all Sherlock sets
4) edit any Sherlock set
You still have to activate the individual sites from a set. but at least its much easier than scrolling long lists.
How the Scripts Work
The scripts create sets by first placing all the available search sites into a folder named "plugin vault" it creates in the "Internet Search Sites" folder in the System folder. All site files are kept in this folder and aliases are made of the chosen site files and placed in the "Internet Search Sites" folder to be used by Sherlock.
To create a new set:
1) The script quits Sherlock if open
2) The script makes a new folder in the "Internet Search Sites" folder named the indicated set name.
3) The script then creates alias files from the indicated search sites in the "plugin vault" folder into the new set folder.
When the script activates a set:
1) The script quits Sherlock if open
2) The script deletes every alias file in the "Internet Search Sites" folder
3) The script makes a copy of the alias files from the chosen set folder into the "Internet Search Sites" folder
4) The script launches Sherlock.
Adding New Search Sites Files
To add a new search site just drag the search site file onto the closed System folder. The file will be routed to the the "Internet Search Sites" folder in the System folder. Any of the Sherlock scripts will automatically move the search site file into the "plugin vault" folder when they run.
