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[hndn]

I want to change to Google as the default search engine in Safari. In terminal, when I input "vi," this is what I get...
None of the 3 comments on the terminal screen make sense, although I did tried all 3.
I need help please.
Thank you.

 

[swiftaw]

I thought Google was the default search engine in Safari.

 

[spinnerlys]

Isn't Google the standard search engine (in the upper right search field) in Safari for quite a while?

Or do you mean it the other way around? Changing to Altavista instead of Google (example)?

 

[r.j.s]

vi is a UNIX text editor ... what command are you trying to run in Terminal?

What version of Safari? Google is already default in 4.0.2.

 

[hndn]

spinnerlys, swiftaw: Yes, google is default on the upper right, & I want it to be default on the search bar too.
r.j.s. I have safari 3. I haven't updated to the lastest mac osx when it was first released since there were many crashes. Indeed, I've been forgotten about it Is this reliable to update now?
Thanks.

 

[Lanbrown]

What did you expect when you type vi? You haven't told it what file to open. Try:
vi filename
The comments make perfect sense and tell you how to get help, quit the program, etc. They are standard vi commands. Maybe you should try a different editor that is more user friendly. Vi is quite powerful, if you don't understand it, then it is hard to use.

 

[i.shaun]

Out of my own curiosity and the fact that it may help the OP out -- Does anyone know exactly how to change the default search engine Safari Uses?


I didn't see any options in it, so I assume it does use Terminal, though someone said the "Vi" command is a text editor so I guess that's not it. .

 

[hndn]

What did you expect when you type vi? You haven't told it what file to open. Try:
vi filename
The comments make perfect sense and tell you how to get help, quit the program, etc. They are standard vi commands. Maybe you should try a different editor that is more user friendly. Vi is quite powerful, if you don't understand it, then it is hard to use.

This is what I'm trying to do (got it from macosxhints)

1. Launch Terminal, and use the vi editor to open the Safari executable file. The command will probably look like this for most users:

% vi /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari

2. Search for the text google. The first occurrence will be a string that looks like this:

http://%@.google.com/%@?q=%@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Well, I don't really understand it & since it's powerful, I guess I shouldn't messed up with it

 

[r.j.s]

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436

Look at the date on that: that was 6 years ago. I highly doubt it will work with the current version of Safari.

 

[Lanbrown]

someone said the "Vi" command is a text editor so I guess that's not it. .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi

 

[MacManiac76]

Out of my own curiosity and the fact that it may help the OP out -- Does anyone know exactly how to change the default search engine Safari Uses?


I didn't see any options in it, so I assume it does use Terminal, though someone said the "Vi" command is a text editor so I guess that's not it. .

Glims makes it very easy to change the default search engine in Safari.

 

[hndn]

Look at the date on that: that was 6 years ago. I highly doubt it will work with the current version of Safari.

aaaaaaaahhhhh I overlooked it. Thanks rjs.