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

[Tim Chase]

[resending, this time to the list rather than directly to the OP]
On 2022-09-06 08:41, Saniya Maheshwari wrote:                                   
                                                                                
                                                              
> only way to search using a search engine in Lynx, is to type out              
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> the URL of the search engine, let that page load, and then type               
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> in the search string in the search box. Is there already a simpler            
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> way to do this, that I have missed?                                           
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I usually do this with an alias or shell function to populate the               
                                                                                
                                                              
GET parameters, like                                                            
                                                                                
                                                              

  $ goog() { lynx [2]https://google.com/search?q="$1"; ; }                       
                                                                                
                                                              
  $ ddg() { lynx [3]https://duckduckgo.com/lite/?q="$1"; ; }                     
                                                                                
                                                              
  $ bing() { lynx [4]https://www.bing.com/search?q="$1"; ; }                     
                                                                                
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and then when I'm at the command-line, I can type                               
                                                                                
                                                              

  $ goog "kittens and puppies"                                                  
                                                                                
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to have lynx jump directly to those search results.  I'm not aware              
                                                                                
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of any functionality within lynx to use a hot-key, have it prompt               
                                                                                
                                                              
for GET-parameter data, and then populate a placeholder in a URL                
                                                                                
                                                              
(similar to Firefox keyword searches).                                          
                                                                                
                                                              

-tkc