Search Google in running browser

After reading this hint, I wanted to get it working with my previous script to open links in the currently running browser.

I did not use OnMyCommand, but instead just made an Automator service. Here is how:

Open Automator and create a service
Set the type to text
Add the ‘Run shell script’ action
Set the shell to Python and the input to ‘as arguments’
Paste the script below

The script(this text serves only to satisfy Posterous’s parsing engine, which is seriously pissing me off):

import sys
import urllib
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open("http://www.google.nl/search?q=" + urllib.quote(sys.argv[1]))

Automator

You need to have my previous script installed to do the actual opening of the url. With some more trickery, it is even possible to add this service as a keyboard shortcut. I suggest you Google around a bit, and comment if you find something revolutionary.