Strange results from Exceptions-U changes

[zoltan]

ProxRocks, I had been using Metapad in "DOS text" format for editing lists, but saving Exceptions-U with Notepad produced no errors.

After reading, but not fully understanding, the hashing section on the Blocklist Creation page, it seems that lines may be hashed/indexed differently depending on the characters encountered, so maybe that's why it helps to put things on separate lines.

JJoe, that suggestion works. Google redirects properly and the results page is back to normal (which is apparently the IE version).

I'm a little confused about the IF-THEN-ELSE explanation of the google entries though. Is the $SET necessary before each $JUMP because the $SET(0=f_ua_ie.) can't function independently of the others?

And I don't understand this part.

Code:

if ? then $SET(0=f_ua_ie.)
else $SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_search)

I had been using "www.google.com/(^?)" because I thought it limited the scope so that only "www.google.com" would match -- meaning "www.google.com/images/" would not. The "(^?)" was to prevent it from redirecting other google pages like image search, news, or maps.

I guess I'm wondering why this wouldn't work (assuming each individual $SET + $JUMP is necessary)

Code:

if (^?) then $SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_search)
if webhp?hl=en then $SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_search)
if firefox then $SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_search)
if imghp then $SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en)

which, using your format, would lead to:

Code:

www.google.com/ ((^?)$SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_search)
                |webhp\?hl=en$SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_search)
                |firefox$SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_search)
                |imghp$SET(0=f_ua_ie.)$JUMP(http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en))

It redirects google to advanced, but it shows the wrong results page.