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* Auto-suggestions for DuckDuckGo in Conkeror :conkeror:config:
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:PUBDATE: <2014-06-03 Tue 22:08>
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Recently [[https://duckduckgo.com][DuckDuckGo]] gave its UI a big overhaul. One of the new parts
of the UI is the auto-suggestions, which are pretty cool, especially
when working with ~!bang~ syntax. I want that in my conkeror webjump!
So I started looking...
Turns out that [[http://conkeror.org][Conkeror]] can work with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch][OpenSearch]] descriptions to
create webjumps and actually already has a DuckDuckGo OpenSearch XML
file. However, DuckDuckGo has a newer version of that file.
So, for starters you should download the proper XML [[https://duckduckgo.com/opensearch.xml][file]]. After
this, you can replace the
~/usr/share/conkeror/search-engines/duckduckgo.xml~ file[fn:1] with
the newly downloaded one and you'd be done, ready to use the new
auto-suggest functionality[fn:2].
If, however, you don't like overwriting your package's files because
they may get overwritten again in the future[fn:3] or you really
don't think it's proper, you can also create a custom webjump that
does the same thing, which is what I did.
In case you are following my lead, first we'd need to put the
downloaded XML file somewhere. I suggest
=~/.conkerorrc/search-engines= because that way everything in your
configuration stays nice and contained, although you might want to
put it in your
=~/.conkeror.mozdev.org/conkeror/CODE.PROFILE/search-engines=, where
~CODE~ is an eight-character alphanumeric sequence (as far as I can
tell) and ~PROFILE~ is the name of the profile you use[fn:4], because
that should already be included in your =opensearch_load_paths=.
If you put the XML in your ~.conkerorrc~ you'll need to add that
directory to your =opensearch_load_paths=, so put something like the
following in your ~init.js~, or whichever filename you use for your
conkeror init:
#+BEGIN_SRC javascript
opensearch_load_paths.push(make_file("~/.conkerorrc/search-engines"));
#+END_SRC
After Conkeror knows where to find your custom search engine
specifications you can create a webjump for it:
#+BEGIN_SRC javascript
define_opensearch_webjump("ddg", "ddg.xml");
#+END_SRC
Once you evaluate these lines or restart your Conkeror, you should
have a ~ddg~ webjump with auto-suggestion. Yay!
* Footnotes
[fn:1] I have Conkeror installed in ~/usr~, so if you have it installed
somewhere else your path will be different.
[fn:2] You might have to restart Conkeror first, I didn't test it
without restarting.
[fn:3] This can of course happen when, for example, your package
manager updates your Conkeror installation.
[fn:4] The default profile is named (appropriately) ~default~.
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