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| author | Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarIT.de> | 2020-04-29 12:55:13 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-04-29 12:55:13 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/user/search_syntax.rst b/docs/user/search_syntax.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b738c7274 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/user/search_syntax.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ + +.. _search-syntax: + +============= +Search syntax +============= + +Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language +via the search query. + +Prefix ``!`` + to set Category/engine + +Prefix: ``:`` + to set language + +Prefix: ``?`` + to add engines and categories to the currently selected categories + +Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category +modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with :search:`!it !ddg !wp qwer +<?q=%21it%20%21ddg%20%21wp%20qwer>` search in IT category **and** duckduckgo +**and** wikipedia for ``qwer``). + +See the :search:`/preferences page <preferences>` for the list of engines, +categories and languages. + +Examples +======== + +Search in wikipedia for ``qwer``: + +- :search:`!wp qwer <?q=%21wp%20qwer>` or +- :search:`!wikipedia qwer :search:<?q=%21wikipedia%20qwer>` + +Image search: + +- :search:`!images Cthulhu <?q=%21images%20Cthulhu>` + +Custom language in wikipedia: + +- :search:`:hu !wp hackerspace <?q=%3Ahu%20%21wp%20hackerspace>` |