From: Lay Lee <llleelay@...>
Date: 2008-08-28T12:23:25+09:00
Subject: Re: HTML <form> and redirecting the result

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if i need to do this function, i'll use javascript.


On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Marc Heiler <shevegen@linuxmail.org>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> since a long time I am using a very simple ruby script that translates
> input like
>
> 'goo' or 'g' or 'google' to the remote URL of google
>
> via a big case menu.
>
> It has maybe one thousand entries or more, keeping my local pages
> together to.
>
> For example if i type
> 'open ruby'
> it will open my local ruby page.
> 'browse php'
> it will open my local php page (i decided that my local stuff has
> priority over remote php webpage)
>
> Anyway, the point of my message here is that this works beautifully, and
> I thought that I would like to have a little html <form> element which
> redirects me to the page once i finished typing and pressed submit (or
> hit enter)
>
> But how do I do this?
>
> For example, if i type 'ruby' in the <input> field, i would like to be
> redirected to the ruby homepage or similar when i press enter.
>
> Will I need javascript for this redirection? Or a .cgi page required?
>
> Any hints appreciated. If possible I'd rather prefer pure ruby than
> anything with javascript. I dont like leaving ruby. But for this
> functionality it would be fine, because right now I always use a shell,
> and firefox does not seem to have a nice happy shell ;)
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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Regards

Lilei

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