Re: [Lynx-dev] Keystroke to search via search engine

[Saniya Maheshwari]

Thank you so much for suggesting jump files! That seems to be a good
solution!

On Tue, 6 Sep, 2022, 2:05 pm Find Marbles, <locatemarbles@gmail.com> wrote:

> I use the lynx jumpfile for that. Not only for search engines but
> wikipedia and other useful sites as well.
>
> Am Di., 6. Sept. 2022 um 06:34 Uhr schrieb Saniya Maheshwari <
> saniya.mah@gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just discovered Lynx and I found it really interesting, and I'm
>> planning to replace my regular browser with Lynx for some tasks. I just
>> have one problem, in that it seems to me that the only way to search
>> using a search engine in Lynx, is to type out the URL of the search
>> engine, let that page load, and then type in the search string in the
>> search box. Is there already a simpler way to do this, that I have
>> missed? For example, to set up a default search engine and then use a
>> single keystroke to enter a search query and directly get the results?
>>
>> Apologies in advance if there is already a way to do this. If not, I am
>> open to implementing such a feature if the rest of the community agrees.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Saniya
>>
>>