winget install --id=tecwindow.WikiSearch -e
This simple program enables you to search Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, without having to open your browser.
This simple program enables you to search Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, without having to open your browser.
You can download the latest version using this link.
This version includes many features and bug fixes.
Added several article lists.
Added a feature to detect Wikipedia links from your clipboard when you open WikiSearch. You can view the article in the program, open it in the browser, or ignore the message. You can enable or disable this feature in the settings.
If you paste the link of an article from Wikipedia into the search field and press Enter, the article will be displayed immediately.
WikiSearch now launches in the language selected during installation.
Some improvements have been made to the article display window in the html page. Due to a change in wxPython, the nvda screen reader cannot navigate through the list of actions. To work around this problem, go to any button in the window and press alt, and the menus will work fine.
Added the status bar to View article window, containing a counter for the number of letters, words, etc. in the article. You can get the same information by pressing numbers from 1 to 5.
Added a checkbox to disable the closing warning window when there are open articles, the checkbox appears in the same window.
The view tables window no longer shows empty lines.
Program windows now support resizing and dragging on the screen.
Added an option in the settings to restore the program to its default settings.
Updated the version of Python used to Python 3.10 and wxPython to 4.2.0. Replaced Pyinstaller with Cx_Frees.
Fixed a bug where WikiSearch returned a different article than the one selected in the search results.
Fixed a bug where WikiSearch would search in a different language than the one selected in the search language.
Fixed a bug where the closing warning window did not correctly display the number of open articles.
Disabled the previously available trick to increase the number of results above 100.
WikiSearch no longer uses Sapi5 to speak some actions when used without a screen reader.
Several code improvements have been made, as well as a number of small bug fixes here and there.
This version comes with some bug fixes.
This version comes with numerous new features and bug fixes.
We are still learning and improving this software as we improve our knowledge of programming, and we have been able to add quite a few features in this version.
The software supports Windows 8 and above with both 32 and 64 bit architectures.
Python 3.10
pip install -r requirements.txt
Many of our friends and users contributed to testing the program and sending us their feedback and suggestions. In no particular order, we would like to thank Riad, ikrami, Mahmoud shrawy, Muhammad Hajjar, Ahmed Manninah, Moataz Geba, Fawaz Abdul Rahman, Georgiana frincu, Agustín aguirre, Angelina, Nacer baaziz, Hermina.