Search sets : Creating and managing sets

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Creating and managing sets

The search set editor and its elements

Search sets can be edited, rearranged, exported, imported or deleted. DEVONagent Pro comes with a couple of useful predefined sets, which you can tweak to your needs. Or you can add new ones. Use Window > Search Sets to open the search set editor.

Note: Some of the settings can also be adjusted on-the-fly in the Settings and Advanced tabs.

The search set editor shows a list of all defined search sets and allows you to add new sets or delete the selected set using the + and - buttons, just like in other Mac applications. Rearrange your search sets using drag-and-drop, and single-click the name of any set to change its name. Add groups via the Action or context menu to organize your search sets.

Note: Some items can be dragged from one search set to another set, e.g., URLs from the sites tab.

To change the settings defined in a set, select it in the list and change the parameters in the right-hand pane. Switch between the areas, General, Advanced, Sites, Plugins, Actions, and Schedule by using the tabs above the parameter area.

Shortcut

To create a new search set with exactly the same settings as the current search run, click the + button next to the Stop button in the search window. This creates a new search set with exactly the same settings including the query as the default query.

Action menu

The Action menu, available from the gear button below the search set list, gives you access to additional commands. Read more...

Context menu

The context menu gives you direct access to frequently used commands.

New Set: Creates a new, empty search set.
New Group: Creates a new group for organizing your search sets.
Duplicate: Duplicates the selected search set.
Delete: Deletes the selected search set. Attention: There is NO undo!
Import: Creates new search sets based on imported files. You can import previously exported sets, as well as OPML files, Camino, Firefox, Chrome, OmniWebor Safari bookmarks or the Safari history file. For OPML, bookmarks and history files, DEVONagent Pro creates a new search set with all URLs imported to the Sites list.
Export: Exports the selected search sets as separate files. Exported sets get the file name extension '.agentSet' and are XML/plist files. You can import them into DEVONagent Pro by double-clicking them in the Finder.