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Search specific websites directly using website name prefixes #55
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Could you elaborate on this feature request in a bit more detail? There already is a setting for changing the search engine simply named "search". If you want to switch between two or presumably more, I would recommend to add a custom command or map a new keybinding. |
It let's you to type say The pro of this is that you don't need to load the github home page and type your query there, saving one page loading time. Also, you don't lost your current context when you type the query. Pressing |
I also don't see the added value of these domain searches over duckduckgo bangs (such as appending When adding this, please do not make it automatically activate, because it can prevent people from searching for certain things. For example, it would not be an option to search for |
There are a few big benefits over DDG bangs: you can set your search engine to something other than DDG but still have these searches work; you can customize them; and your search isn't going through a middleman when that's not necessary. I personally greatly prefer Startpage to DDG (and was going to try and figure out how to change the default search engine to reflect this (edit: easily, with DDG also doesn't use the same bang keywords as you might want to use, and might be missing sites. |
You can change Vieb's search engine with the I agree that there are benefits to implementing this compared to using DDG, most of which you mention in your comment. It's just that I won't use this feature myself, and as such probably won't spend time on implementing this in the near future (hence the "help wanted" label on this issue). |
@Jelmerro Github doesn't seem to have a private chat option. I'm taking a crack at implementing this but I'm wondering if you can tell me the proper way to log trace statements in Vieb? To a log or STDOUT/STDERR. |
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Excellent! Thanks. Having the console and debugging makes it so much easier. |
This has been implemented by @InconsolableCellist in #110 👍 |
Reference:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-add-custom-search-engines-in-chrome-for-more-efficient-searching/
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