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Search Engines
Non-URI inputs into the input bar can be sent to a search engine. This is done by prefixing the input with the search engine's shortcut.
:open x search terms
If no shortcut is entered, the default search engine is called.
:open search terms
The following search engines are defined in Vimprobable by default:
| Shortcut | Search Engine |
|---|---|
| i | Ixquick (default until version 1.4.2) |
| s | Startpage (from version 1.5) |
| w | Wikipedia (English) |
| wd | Wikipedia (German) |
| d | DuckDuckGo (default from version 1.5) |
| dd | DuckDuckGo (HTML version) |
Defining Search Engines
Additional search engines can be defined in vimprobablerc.
searchengine x http://url/q=%s
%s has to be the placeholder for the entered search terms.